jks--- the question for those professions, lawyers, economists, even professors , etc is mainly their 'class stand' in our bourgeois society , the rub is just 'which side are you on, etc? Of course by the very nature of class /social laws and dominant social realtions, the vast majority of the professions will , given their relative priviliges, side with the ruling class. there are many exceptions of course, but this can mainly be judged (pardon my pun) by practice, those gallant mavericks that betray their masters and side with the exploited, those oppressed by capital, and risk retribution.. but firstly in recognition of whose interetsts the 'laws' serve. In the legal-political superstructure of the ruling bourgeois , the laws are geared to serve the perpetuation of the owners of productive property, the owners of the industries/finance of the nation in primacy , no matter the form of government, be it ultra-democratic or fascist.. in practice today , to paraphrase a bit the reactionary US supreme court 'justice' R Taney from a previous epoch of capital . " The working class has no " rights" the capitalists are bound to respect " . In reality the useful producers ( waged -salaried workers) can only gain that which their collective strength can consciously organize to demand, and be willing to fight for most tenaciously, politically, economically, etc.. Neil www.ibrp.org
