I think the Chinese are being demonized. Chavez tambien. Plenty of
demons out there, it is like Baskin-Robbins.
Gene Coyle
On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:08 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:43 PM, Louis Proyect wrote:
full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2007/09/11/eavesdropping-
on-a-phone-conference/
Where you write:
It is global GDP inequality that leads to ideological
differentiation. When there was slavery, a system of ideology had
to be produced to rationalize racial inequality–like Black people
being closer to the apes, etc. When you have the US controlling
something like 75 percent of the world’s resources, you need an
ideology to legitimize this. It used to be the need to uphold
democracy against Communism. Now it is the need to defeat
"Islamofascism."
But in the case of slavery, there was a need to dehumanize the
slaves, thus the development of racism. But the people tagged as
"Islamofascists" aren't the real rivals of the U.S. now - they're
mostly marginal and weak. Why should they be demonized, and not,
say, the Chinese, who are actual rivals for resources and
ultimately power?
Doug
