When I went to New York, it seemed like the epitome of capitalism and growth, with its skyscraping corporate office buildings and crowded streets lined with every type of store and business.
Your New York comment is interesting, because I've often thought of the paradox myself. It's also funny that a city known for its toughness has embraced a political philosophy that has come to be generally associated with weakness.That perception is deceptive, dazzleman. 'Toughness' is associated with the Republians because they represent the powerful. Of course if the powerful were placed in the position of the poor (who the Democrats marginally represent), they would immediately appear 'weak'. In other words strenth or weakness has nothing to do with character but with position in the social heirarchy.
dazzleman, that is not just in New York - everywhere the great majority gets very little of the wealth they create under the Capitalist order. That is the whole critique of the system!
