Actually earlier. Cue to Michael Hoover. Before the Civil War people often spoke of the alliance between the Lords of the Lash and the Lords of the Loom -- The Boston area textile industry and the slave owners.
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 03:59:41PM -0400, Louis Proyect wrote: > > Good point, but you can go back further than that. The roots of the "red > state" miasma go back to the end of Reconstruction when the Northern > bourgeoisie cut a deal with the Southern planters over the need to defend > property against the unruly mob, both North and South. > > -- > > www.marxmail.org -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 530-898-5321 E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
