> > "The latest Economist has a good summary of views within the US ruling > class regarding Trump....While it's true many corporate CEO’s privately > fret about Trump’s “populist” pandering..."
Marv silently exaggerates the political role of CEOs in the capitalist ruling class. The CEO has a narrow assignment to increase profits at the corporation he runs. He is not the owner, not the controlling owner. With few exceptions, for example, the CEOs of a handful of the biggest banks, he does not participate in formulating the basics of how to deploy the state. Contrast a communist view of the Trump candidacy: "political changes always reflect economic changes. [The economic difficulties of capitalism today] force capitalists into increasingly desperate measures to maintain their capital. But they can’t justify these measures—the dismantling of workers’ benefits and the fomentation of war with foreign states—through the lens of class-collaborationist liberalism or “leftism.” Only a reactionary lens can trick workers into supporting an open class war on themselves. Thus, in the present era of economic collapse, reactionary politicians are uplifted, while the old social democracy is left to manage society in the interim." --"The 2024 US Presidential Campaign Season Begins," Jan. 18, 2024 https://newworker.us/domestic/the-2024-us-presidential-campaign-season-begins/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#28554): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/28554 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/103837734/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
