Re: Replying to Gary was Re: Once more on you know what...

[Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Carrol says:

>2. This illusion regarding the Democrats is grounded in the
>illusion of "real" divisions within the U.S. ruling class, a division
>which ostensibly manifests itself in the 'struggle' between
>Democrats and Republicans. Struggles within the U.S.
>ruling class at this time should be seen as rather resembling
>the annual Yale-Harvard football game. The partisans of
>the two elite academies can become extremely emotional
>over that rivalry. Probably if one researched it diligently
>enough there may even have been a fatality or two in
>drunken fights before or after the game.

A better yardstick may be the notorious football rivalry between OSU
& Michigan.  After the last game (which OSU lost), firefighters had
to contain more than 60 fires.  Drunken students burned old
furniture, set fire to dumpsters, overturned cars, threw stones &
bottles at cops, resisted arrests, etc., and the police in turn Maced
& arrested many randomly (see the photo of students trying to
overturn a car at
<http://www.thelantern.com/archives/gendisp.asp?id=974727201671>).
One student was knifed when he attempted to end a party (see
<http://www.thelantern.com/archives/gendisp.asp?id=974727335765>).
Something like this happens every season.

The American masses appear to be nowhere as excited about the
prospect of an "illegitimate" president as they are about football.
I don't see any comparable commotion in the streets now.

Yoshie