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Bhaskar Sunkara wrote: > > The current system is (and was) unsustainable and leaves American business > at a competitive disadvantage with regards to rival capitalist nations. Why > wouldn't they want "real reform"? Why would the insurance industries > interests come before that of the wider bourgeoisie? Is the capitalist > class just afraid of the precedent that a real expansion of the social > safety net like single-payer would mean? > The inability of the ruling class in the USA to act on its *long term* interests is interesting. Clearly, the damage to the environment threatens the ability of the capitalist system to reproduce itself but nothing seems to get done to fix the problems. My guess is that this is a function of a declining culture all-around. From John Ford to John Hughes. From FDR to Obama. Slouching toward Bethlehem. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
