[lbo-talk] Obama attorneys ask court to restore indefinite detention power

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Sun Sep 16 21:14:31 PDT 2012


The mafia-casino neoliberal (in the US also theocratic) capitalism that has resulted from this alignment of forces is far less in the interests of systematic reproduction and the ruling class than Keynesianism, but that seems to requires the subordinate groups to be organized enough to fight to win it and a ruling class weakened by crisis or defeated in the class struggle or both. For the last 30 or so years the class struggle has been increasingly and overwhelmingly one-sided. The system is crisis-ridden and increasingly unstable, but it has not weakened the capitalist class relative to the working and other subordinate classes. Remember that the common ruin of the contending classes is unfortunately a possible outcome. It seems increasingly likely as well.

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Starting in the 80's, there hasn't been any kind of long range plan, more like a fire sale. Grab the money and run; set up a police state to protect you when everyone gets wise. It's like in "Atlas Shrugged": the ruling class believes it can find some Shangri-La, some gated community where they can hunker down and continue to live like princes. And what about the working class? Those whose labor make princely living possible? Well, according to Rand, there will be an actual proles ex machina -- a magic black box that will generate all the energy and power the princelings need to continue.

Not so in real life. We'll see. It is perhaps no more unjust than former eras, but decidedly more surreal.

Joanna



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