> Lenin told us that capitalism could only survive by suspending the ordinary
> laws of 'free' competition, taking refuge in monopolies and a burgeoning
> state power. It is naive in the extreme to take the ideological tosh about
> liberalisation seriously when the property-owning class is creating a police
> state all around us.
Indeed.
It's rather puzzling to me why they're doing this. The fact is undeniable; but they weren't exactly facing an insurrection, were they? What are they so scared of? Additional social controls would appear otiose in a society already well under control.
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Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org