From: "Eric" <ericandmary-AT-earthlink.net> Subject: RE: politics Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 14:16:56 -0600 Hugh, When I talk about the civil war in America, it is a metaphor. I don't mean it literally, but as a way a framing what is going on. Certainly I agree that geographical sectors are not homogenous, but then again I think this was also true in the 1860's. The South, to the extent it exists, has deterritorialized. Nonetheless, isn't it interesting that the phenomenon of the red and blue states exists? There does seem to be some definite geographical stratification here in America between the metropolitan and rural areas, to use one possible grid. Regarding your comments on Marx, I just want to say this. Don't you recognize there is a conflict between business, which regards labor as a commodity, one that needs to be controlled from a cost standpoint, and working individuals, who see labor as what they need to do in order to survive? Are you denying that this is a factor that drives the current economy? Personally, I think that Marx is still dead-on in the analysis of this. Are you really arguing that the antagonistic relation of labor to capital has been superceded in these postmodern times, that there is no conflict whatsoever between the needs of individuals attempting to survive and the needs of management attempting to maximize profitability? eric
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