From: "roger" <dodger-AT-drizzle.com>
Subject: Re: Capitalism, Enemy of Racism
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:40:55 -0800


>
> The point which many refuse to grasp is that
> capitalism is essentially an enemy of racism (and
> other such isms).

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>
> _jeremy
>


well, that may be so where you live on neptune, but here in seattle, i
note that capitalism is quite content to not only recognize
institutionalized racism (mexican migrant farm workers) but to also
foster it (native americans in general) through racially
discriminatory educational and residential patterns.  for further
evidence i offer the multiple-century co-habitation of capitalism and
slavery with no noticable ill effects to either.  just because it
became more profitable to exploit wage slaves (who then had to fend
for their own survival) than it was to continue supporting bondage
slaves was hardly a resounding confirmatioin of the egalitarian
capitalist spirit.

capitalist principles are, more or less, neutral at best to concepts
like racism since the point is to alienate us poor fuckers from all
affective ties.  but, for shits sake, it's bloody obvious that the
most expolited and commodified populations will almost inevitably turn
to religion/race/etc. in a (vain) attempt to hold off the juggernaut.
you think the exploding appeal of islam among the disenfranchised
(co-incident with late capitalism) is just a coincidence?

i could go on, you know.

roger