The US can run an American political system, where power notoriously lies with money, and still keep 250 million people thinking they’re in a democracy, by a variety of means, partly profoundly ideological. There is that deeply-held American opposition to ‘the state’, even though people depend on it for so many things. ...it has the capacity to call the shots globally, which allows a large part of the population to consume and to fulfill their personal dreams, within limits.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Saturday, June 5, 2010
The Dictatorship of the Market - Part 2
from the New Left Project. This features an interview with Colin Leys who is an honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College, London. Although the discussion centers on the UK, their are observations about the US also.