--- Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
> Ditto for social solidarity networks and unionism.
> My
> argument is that social solidarity networks were
> taken
> for granted in the earlier days of unionism, because
> they had always been there, brought in by European
> immigrants and reproduced in the new world. It is
> only when capitalism destroyed these networks
> through
> massive suburbanization and consumerism (both
> conscious efforts of USG to counteract "communist"
> influences)
> ^^^^^
> CB: This is an example of a an actual ruling class
> conspiracy, and
> thereby Wojtek espouses a valid conspiracy
> hypothesis.
>
[Ws:] I am not sure if this is tongue in cheek, but my claim is based on an academic source: Elaine Tyler May "Homeward bound" (for a review see: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/gcetmay.htm )
who attributes the policy of suburbanization to Nixon's effort to counteract communism.
Wojtek
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