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Just because they are intelligent, doesn't mean they aren't stupid. Just because they are consistent in their loyalty to capitalism, doesn't mean they aren't unprincipled. Just because he's conservative doesn't mean he isn't spineless. He is, and they are, all those things. Their, the bourgeoisie's, intelligence is a marketing mechanism. Their stupidity is their intelligence in that both are based on a disavowal of history, and of the reality of the society they create. Look at how quickly the "free market" investment bankers ran for the cover of the public treasury when their investing long ran into their borrowing short. Does that make them liberals, spineless, conservatives, courageous, traiterous, loyal? It makes them the bourgeoisie, doing anything and everything to preserve their property. And that, being the bourgeoisie, makes types like Bernie Madoff and types like Warren Buffett two peas in the same pod, no matter how much Warren may wish it weren't so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrol Cox" <cb...@ilstu.edu> ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
