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the ruling cabal of capitalists
Posted by: Ted ( T R U, Madison, WI, USA ) on July 18, 1997 at 06:33:46:
In Reply to: a nation's sole purpose posted by Zachary Emig on July 17, 1997 at 00:31:45:
: If that's what will make America strongest, that's what we should do. After all, a nation's sole purpose is to see that ITS populace survives/succeeds. What happens to everyone else is their own country's business.You've missed the point of my message, but at least your honesty is refreshing. No namby-pamby crap about spreading democracy and enlightenment around the globe. Just good old acquisition of foreign labor and resources. I think a guy in Germany in the 1930's had a similar idea. But who's this "we" you're referring to? What is a nation? Is it an entity that exists apart from its citizens? The last sentence of my original message, which you excluded, was intended to make the point that the ruling cabal of capitalists in America has made life miserable for the people. Now it wants to do the same with the citizens of other nations. This money cabal is what most Americans refer to when they say "we" ought to be doing something. Just another way in which capitalist propaganda molds our minds to meet the needs of the rich and powerful.
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