[lbo-talk] The Soviet Union Versus Socialism - Noam Chomsky

[Tayssir John Gabbour]

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:38 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> CB: However, in the passage below he does not relate class struggle to
> the state.  Can't understand the state without applying class analysis
> to the state, a la Engels and Lenin.  As to power, that is mainly
> state power in this context. So, similarly, power analysis must be
> related to class struggle, in my view (smile)

Seems to me that classical liberalism openly uses class analysis when
describing the state. Take Adam Smith's claim that "Till there be
property there can be no government, the very end of which is to
secure wealth, and to defend the rich from the poor." (In his Lectures
on Jurisprudence.)

All the best,
Tj