Re: Nick Cohen on Thomas Frank

[Doug Henwood <dhenwood@xxxxxxxxx>]

andie nachgeborenen wrote:

> Charles' reference to Lenin's idea that there is a
> labor aristocracy" that is bought off with the
> superprofits of imperialism doesn't fit the "Kansas"
> case very well

Where are these superprofits anyway? I keep asking for some evidence
that this category exists, and keep coming up empty? Is it the cheap
crap made in China sold at Wal-Mart? That lowers the cost of
reproduction of the working class some, but that's a thin reed to
support the whole global structure.

Doug