[lbo-talk] The Iraq Policy of the U.S. Ruling Class

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 4/9/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> So the U.S. will just keep getting its ass kicked? That could happen,
> but it will be very bad for the empire.

There are a lot of things -- from climate change to the Iraq War to
poor health of workers -- that may be "bad for the empire" in the long
term, but the ruling class, especially the US ruling class, never do
what middling sorts think are "good for the system" on their own.  And
the working class, of not only the USA but also its key allies like
the UK, Japan, and Saudi Arabia, are too unorganized and unmotivated
to make the ruling class do what makes sense for the system despite
themselves.
-- 
Yoshie