On Jan 6, 2009, at 12:50 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
This assumes that the wishes of the big bourgeoisie get translated into action automatically. I think that there is a certain autonomy at work in the state as Poulantzas tried to explain. For Obama to be effective, he would have to rise above the state in a Bonapartist fashion but he simply lacks the psychological and political makeup to move in that direction. He is no FDR, to say the least.
You've got a point. I guess the best Bonapartist is an aristocrat, not an arriviste.
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