roachboy

dk---you factor out the breaking of the power of unions, the downward pressure on wages brought about by both the transnationalization of production (and by extension the labor market) and the wholesale introduction of computers into standardized production. so collective bargaining has largely disappeared as the framework within which wage levels are set. compare this with the situation in manufacturing of the 1950s-early 60s and the differences are really apparent.

the irony is that the nationalists/protectionists were sold out by the right that is now trying to exploit their anger in the context of the tea parties.

the redistribution of wealth is about leveling income disparities overall. that's why taxes are often called the redistribution of wealth. they don't create class distinctions. capitalism creates class divisions and is based---still----on class conflict. but in the like totally free us of a it's fashionable to pretend that such things have magically gone away.

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