[lbo-talk] The State (Was: Ralph loves the nice plutocrats)

[Percival Myers]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Chris Doss wrote:
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> I think the point was to address the question, "do states in capitalist societies sometimes act consciously against the interests of both domestic and foreign capitalists?" The answer appears to be "yes," with the conclusion to be drawn that the Marxist notion that the state in a capitalist society is merely the tool of the capitalist class is false.

That is a very large conclusion to draw from "sometimes" because
"sometimes," cows and pigs really do fall from the sky. See popular
accounts of livestock and tornadoes, etc. If your determining
criterion was "usually" or "invariably," you would be on much firmer
ground.

Percy