Mike Ballard wrote: > > Bush - dolt or ordinary criminal? > > Of course, he's both! > > Think dialectically, > Mike B) >
If Ellen Meiksins Wood's explanation of U.S. imperialism at the present time is correct, then a dialectical explanation actually holds here: there is an internal relation between the criminality and the stupidity of the u.s. government. Both are imposed by current world relations of capital, and neither dependent (primarily) on the particular _dramatis personae_ of a given moment. (Different personnel will give different policies, but the differences will be wiggles on a chart, not a new course.) Come to think of it, her explanation can be metaphorically represented by Pericles' argument in defense of Athenian imperialism: Athens was riding a tiger and daren't get off. :-) Carrol
