Re: [Marxism] Permanent Immunity For The Capitalist Class and Its Bipartisan Puppets

["gary.maclennan@xxxxxxxxx" <gary.maclennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

I listened to the sound bite from Bush.  What sticks in my mind is how
unimpressive a figure he is.  Long years ago Tom O'Lincoln said to me that
the American ruling class was so confident and arrogant that they could have
an idiot like Reagan in the Presidency.  Well their confidence and arrogance
has increased because Dubya is still there large as life and there is even a
chance of a McCain-Palin presidency with Palin an outside chance of making
it to the Oval office in her own right.

So we could have straight clowns and fools continuing to direct "policy"  in
the U.Ss of A.


Sheesh!  Come back FDR alll is forgiven.

Besides the total absence of charisma, I was also struck by the Bush
mantras.  I heard the word "nation" and "cross the political divide" and
"historic moment". Alas the working class of America have only the dimmest
understanding that when their leaders start using such weasel words then the
BIG SHAFT is on.

So instead being spent on health, schools and roads etc the money of the
working class will be spent buying the useless pieces of paper that Wall
Street has spread all over the world financial system.  Truly this is the
biggest and most blatant instance of absolute banditry by the powerful.  And
even then there is no guarantee that it will all work.  Our rulers may well
come back for me and there will be more talk of the "national interest" and
"historic crisis" and "we must all unite".

It seems strange I know to be commenting at such a time on Oz politics, but
the recent change of leadership of the conservative forces is I think
significant.  The right wing liberals have chosen Malcolm Turnbull -merchant
banker and multi-millionaire and arrogant prick as their new leader.

I think somehow he may be Australia's version of FDR.  Someone from the
ruling elite who will do what is necessary to protect the system against the
overt wishes and actions of the elite themselves.

The current Prime Minister is simply too much of a toady to ever take
independent action against the rich.  Only from within their own ranks can
someone emerge to impose the necessary discipline on the ruling class.

Rudd has told all and sundry he is a "fiscal conservative".  That of course
was a piece of esoteric communication.  The audience was the elite and the
message was that Rudd would do what they wanted.

The ruling class of course have not been fiscally conservative for over 30
years as the "credit default swap" scandal shows all too clearly.  But Rudd
was not saying that he was a "conservative".  Rather what he was proclaiming
was his total willingness to do whatever he was told by the Governor of the
Reserve Bank.

However and here's the rub, it is clear that at this stage what the ruling
class needs is a certain courage an d independence of the elite and those
are all qualities that Rudd lacks.  So horrible as it is to contemplate, the
people of Australia may turn to a multi-millionaire to rescue them in the
current crisis.

Sheesh again!

regards

Gary
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