Linda opines:
>What is this BS about all US policy not being based on capitalism? Even
>internal stuff is based on capitalism. I was so disgusted as a science
>major
>undergraduate at the corruption of chemical research by student and
>professors because they were working for oil companies. When we do get a
>policy not based on capitalism, it is because we fought for it sometimes by
>dying.
If you are responding to what I posted, please reread it. I never said that
US policy was not aligned with capitalism, but I do maintain that US policy
is not 100% capitalist-oriented. If one wishes to understand US foriegn
policy --say, in order to defeat it -- one must have an accurate view of its
components. It is a fairly common mistake for socialists/marxists to see a
'conspiracy theory' of capitalists in every policy. This is
counterproductive to advancing their cause.
If in your journey through college you neglected to discover the influences
of the Puritan Ethic, right wing Millenialism, racism, xenophobia, and other
non-capitalist interests in formulating US policy, you should go straight to
the bursar's office and demand your tuition back. Another very basic thing
you should have learned in college was the danger of using "always" and
"never", but that is a generalized failing of lawyers.
But, yes, please, Linda. Tell us about your attempts to write legislation!
Tom
I have attempted to write or suggest legislation as a union leader or
>in my women lawyers' group. It is so hard to write it so that it can be
>turned around against the working class. The federal government is
>controlled by big oil, defense contractors etc. The state government in
>California is controlled by agribusiness, and our local government is
>controlled by land developers. Running for office is very very expensive.
>We don't have proportional representation so the Repubicrats run the show.
>I
>have learned that we have to check who gives what money to what legislator
>so
>that we can see how they'll vote.
>
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>What is this BS about all US policy not being based on capitalism? Even
>internal stuff is based on capitalism. I was so disgusted as a science
>major
>undergraduate at the corruption of chemical research by student and
>professors because they were working for oil companies. When we do get a
>policy not based on capitalism, it is because we fought for it sometimes by
>dying. I have attempted to write or suggest legislation as a union leader
>or
>in my women lawyers' group. It is so hard to write it so that it can be
>turned around against the working class. The federal government is
>controlled by big oil, defense contractors etc. The state government in
>California is controlled by agribusiness, and our local government is
>controlled by land developers. Running for office is very very expensive.
>We don't have proportional representation so the Repubicrats run the show.
>I
>have learned that we have to check who gives what money to what legislator
>so
>that we can see how they'll vote.
>
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