Re: RE: Re: RE: government as a racket

[This is precisely what Tilly and Thomson consider part and parcel of the "ever present origins" of capital that still hang with us] Oil firms stoke up Sudan war Christian Aid report accuses foreign companies of complicity i

Re: RE: Re: RE: government as a racket

I wrote: > > However, to the extent that the state can be subordinated to democratic > > rule, it can move away from being a racket. >* Ian replies: >Can it really? Can electorates overcome Arrow's aporias on preference >formation >and coherence [as opposed to mere contested aggregations

RE: Re: RE: government as a racket

> The actually-existing government in the U.S. (and all or most other > capitalist countries) is a racket because it's run by the capitalists and > their agents (though not necessarily in the latter's long-term class > interest, since individual capitalist interest groups -- or their agents -- >