On 12/11/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 12/11/06, Yoshie Furuhashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Generally speaking, the richer the country, the more united their
> power elite are. That's one of the reasons why poorer countries see
> more coups, revolts, and revolutions.
yes, they are more united when it comes to issues like maintaining
public order, protecting their property rights and their right to
accumulate without end, avoiding unions if possible, etc. But there's
a big split among the competing US elites about social/cultural things
like abortion rights.
Even there differences have gotten smaller. E.g., it is the 1996
welfare reform bill signed into law by President Clinton that relaxed
restrictions for religious social service agencies.
Whether in the USA or Iran, waging the main battle on social/cultural
things rather than economics and foreign policy is a sure loser for
the working class.
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Yoshie
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