> Anyhow, you're wrong. To defeat the
> parasites, we need only unite the
> working class. We don't need to divide
> the capitalist class. They need to
> divide us to rule, because they are a
> tiny minority. The unity of the working
> class
We need both. The unity of the working class and the division of the parasites are not mutually exclusive. They are complementary. Both politically necessary.
"Oppression alone, no matter how great, does not always give rise to a revolutionary situation in a country. In most cases it is not enough for revolution that the lower classes should not want to live in the old way. It is also necessary that the upper classes should be unable to rule and govern in the old way." (Old Man, 1916)
Just like in the case of workers, the differences among the parasites are not illusory. They are rooted in actual differences in the conditions in which each group of parasites perceive their interests and needs, and make choices. Fundamental economic interests are not the only interests influencing the social behavior of individuals, groups, or classes. Different members of the class view things differently and it is in our best interest to emphasize those differences among them:
"Does it require deep intuition to comprehend that man's ideas, views, and conception, in one word, man's consciousness, changes with every change in the conditions of his material existence, in his social relations and in his social life?" (Old Men, 1847)
"He [a questioner] noted that since both Summers and Volcker occupied seats of power when the U.S. was an unchallenged hegemon, how different do they think things would be now were there some sort of financial crisis, esp one featuring the U.S. Both Summers and Volcker looked stunned into silence for a while, and then Summers said that that was a "powerful" observation couched as a question. And Volcker expressed concern that managing a crisis would be much more difficult now with the U.S. "politically weakened" and the target of so much "antagonism" around the world. He worried that Europe and the Asia might go off on their own. Someone else asked who out there might "lend a hand" if the U.S. hit a wall. Another long pause, and then Volcker doubted anyone would raise his hand as volunteer, which prompted nervous chuckles." (Young Man, 2007)
The political effort to decouple the social behavior of entire segments of the parasitic class from their *fundamental* (but *not only* or *necessarily operational* under every circumstance) class interests via the ideological and political struggle is not spreading lies. Ultimately, the basis of this is a strategic truth: life under socialism is in their best interest as individuals -- not as members of their class, of course, but as individuals.
"In times when the class struggle nears the decisive hour, the progress of dissolution going on within the ruling class, in fact within the whole range of old society, assumes such a violent, glaring character, that a small section of the ruling class cuts itself adrift, and joins the revolutionary class, the class that holds the future in its hands. Just as, therefore, at an earlier period, a section of the nobility went over to the bourgeoisie, so now a portion of the bourgeoisie goes over to the proletariat, and in particular, a portion of the bourgeois ideologists, who have raised themselves to the level of comprehending theoretically the historical movement as a whole." (Old Guys, 1847)