> The question is often asked, why isn't anyone from Wall Street in
> jail. However, does this question itself shift our attention from the
> structural causes of the crisis on to individual agents? Does it take
> market rationality for granted?
Couldn't we similarly ask whether advocating prosecution of an accused male rapist for rape - say, just for instance, the head of an international financial institution - diverts our attention from the need to overcome patriarchy?
To which I'd want to answer: "Who do you mean 'we,' white man?"
Seriously, isn't it a false (and disempowering) binary?
"History unfolds functionally within a structural context." - Michael Parenti