me: >> What do you think would be best for the long-term interests of the US ruling >> class? partition into three sub-nations (à la Biden)? Does the ruling class >> really care about the US economy (and its people) or simply about their own >> finances?<<
Louis Proyect wrote: > Well, I don't quite know what you mean by "their own finances". Like their > checking accounts or something? For all practical purposes, the US economy amounts to their own finances. < Sorry about the ambiguity. what I was suggesting is that if the capitalists are totally global or financial in their orientation, they don't care at all about the fate of the US economy. Their profits could come from China, Sri Lanka, or wherever. The US could decline to being like Guatemala and they wouldn't care. "The capitalists have no country." Of course, if the decline of the US economy undermines world law and order -- and their property and profits -- that's another matter. >... That's what people like Soros were saying. ...< Soros is indeed one of those people who tries to speak for the long-term collective interests of his class. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
