Bill Burgess wrote: > Sid S. wrote; > > Are you serious about not seeing the difference between neoliberalism and > > "good old [postwar] capitalism"? > Yes. Of course there are differences, but I don't see the *significant* > difference implied by a position that replaces a traditional > committment to internationalism with a position where nationalist measures > are now seen as central to protecting working class interests (which I > understand to be your opinion). If I understand what you mean above, it translates into: Bill => internationalist Sid => nationalist ergo Bill => "traditional" proletarian Marxist Sid => "revisionist", "reformist, "nationalist" (add additional epithets of your choice). Bill thus, like Dorothy, has discovered the Straw Man. Beware of matches, Sid. Jerry