--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mar 21, 2006, at 4:14 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > My point is that justifications of the Indian caste > > system tend to come from members of the two castes > > who are deemed "fit to rule." So *of course* they're > > in favor of preserving a system that keeps them and > > their kids in power. It's a status quo thang, thrown > > together with large doses of self importance and > > superiority. > > Consider what we have in America: a country ruled by an exclusive > millionaires club called congress and a presidential administration > bought and sold by the military-industrial complex and other > corporations. We're a country run by corporate greed and controlled > by special interests. An interesting case and point is the drilling > of oil in the Arctic wildlife refuge. The American public turned that > down once. But then corporate influence got it hidden in a defense > bill. Public outcry stopped that. Now it has been passed yet again, > hidden in another bill--all due to corporate influence. We are > governed by a different kind of elite. >
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