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> Otherwise, paraphrasing one wealthy US industrialist (his name escapes
> me at the moment) the US ruling class has always been in the position
> to hire a half of the working (and middle) class to subdue the other
> half. In other words, no serious threat from below.
Jay Gould. His words are much truer today than they were in his time.
-- In Solidarity, Billy O'Connor