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Re: The Limits To Growth



In article <AEB8AE12-8E54F@128.112.44.101>, "Don Dale" <dale@princeton.edu> writes:
>>> This is false.  Genocide is the result not of any "economism,"
>>> whatever that may be, but of reversion to pre-economic racisms. In
>>> Rwanda as in Germany, it is the expression of ancient tribalism.
>>>  
>>>                                      -dlj.
>> 
>>This is simply not correct, sorry.  The problem in Bosnia, Rwanda, 
>>Burundi, Azerbajan, Los Angeles and many other places is that a 
>>relatively affluent minority rules.  As in the French and Russian 
>>revolutions, a point comes when the majority revolts and sets about
>>killing off the minority.  This is political economics, not tribalism.
>>The tribal differences are historic and lie behind the minority rule 
>>but are not the cause of the revolt.
>
>Los Angeles?  *That* was a class revolt?
>
Absolutely- the median income in the US for white households is over 
$43,000, while the median income for black households is $4,170.  This is 
relevant because it helps explain some of the frustrations of the African 
American minority- which includes poverty, discrimination and the feeling 
of being powerless.  

>So Damian Williams threw his brick at the head of Reginald Denny because
>the truck driver was a rich man?

Actually, that was an exhibition of frustration....and it was barbaric.  
However, in the US, where black men are less likely to reach their 65th 
birthday than white men, where the income disparity is so extreme, when 
discrimination is so far reaching and deplorable, those types of reactions 
shouldn't surprise anyone. 

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Peterborough, Ontario			economics is condusive not to 
Canadian Studies/Political Science	democracy, but rather, oligarchy!"
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