Doug Henwood wrote:
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> On Apr 2, 2010, at 2:23 PM, James Heartfield wrote:
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> > What made sense in the emergency conditions of the thirties and
> > early forties, later became a barrier to capitalism. But that
> > doesn't mean that it wasn't - however contradictory - an effective
> > ruling class strategy at the time. After all, this was when
> > America's global domination, economic and military, was established.
>
> All true, but there was also a lot of agitation coming from within
> (strikes, the CP, fear of expropriation) and without (the USSR).
Enough fear so that Joe Kennedy could say he would be willing to give up half his money if he could enjoy the other half in peace!
And it is not clear that "the Bourgelisie," as a class, is all that clear on where its real interests lie at anygiven time.
Carrol