Doug Henwood wrote: > But in the case of slavery, there was a need to dehumanize the slaves,
thus the development of racism. But the people tagged as "Islamofascists" aren't the real rivals of the U.S. now - they're mostly marginal and weak. Why should they be demonized, and not, say, the Chinese, who are actual rivals for resources and ultimately power?
I am not sure how much of a rival China is at this point, especially after Marty Hart-Landsberg's posting yesterday. Frankly, there is a lot of "ideology" about the Chinese economic threat but I think that amounts to Freudian projection more than anything else.
