On May 22, 2008, at 3:06 PM, Miles Jackson wrote:
> That is brings up an interesting sociological question: must the
> ruling
> class be a coherent social group to function effectively as the ruling
> class in a capitalist society? Or is their social function as the
> expropriators coherence enough?
That's one of my questions. I'm not sure of the answer. But I'm thinking that the Iraq disaster and the subprime crisis are what happens when the pure pursuit of profit and short-term political advantage takes the upper hand.