ruling class
joanna wrote:
Carrol Cox wrote:
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Julio Huato wrote:
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Massad’s critique of M&W’s paper misses the main points: that the policies the U.S. follows in the Middle East, whether or not determined by the influence of the Israel lobby, contradict the interest of the U.S. capitalists taken as a whole,
This is little short of a claim to divine inspiration. Neither let critics nor ruling class intellectuals can reach any consensus whatever on what is “the interest of the u.s. capitalists.” It is unbelievable arrogance for any one person to claim that he KNOWS what that interest is.
This is so tiresome Carol. So very, very tiresome. Let’s just say that Julio is starting a conversation about what those interests might be. It really bothers me when you attempt to put a stop to conversations before they even start.
It’s also politically odd, since it seems to argue that there’s no such thing as a US ruling class with some idea about its collective interests and some institutional way to realize them. That may be - and that’s the issue I’m researching now with my ruling class project - but if it’s true, that would be a very important conversation, not one worth stopping.
Doug