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« on: April 29, 2010, 04:50:35 PM »

Republicans have historically been more isolationist than the Democrats. Bush Jr. made it the other way around.

No, that's not true. The party out of power has historically been more isolationist than the party in power.
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2010, 09:07:36 PM »


Has it occurred to you that "capital" is not a unified entity and that different corporations have clashing interests?  The Net Neutrality battle, which is fundamentally a clash between Comcast and Google, is a great example.  I hate it when people put "corporations" or "Corporate America" like it's one vast entity.

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There are a handful of exceptions sure, but they generally all have the same interests.
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2010, 10:37:49 PM »


Has it occurred to you that "capital" is not a unified entity and that different corporations have clashing interests?  The Net Neutrality battle, which is fundamentally a clash between Comcast and Google, is a great example.  I hate it when people put "corporations" or "Corporate America" like it's one vast entity.

Al's going to hate that I'm posting this while masquerading as him.  Sad

There are a handful of exceptions sure, but they generally all have the same interests.

It's definitely one of my pet peeves when people talk about corporate power and influence on government as if it's an automatically bad thing.

It is because the interests and goals of the government (the general welfare) are radically different from those of the corporations (profit maximization).
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« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 11:48:29 AM »

Republicans have historically been more isolationist than the Democrats. Bush Jr. made it the other way around.

No, that's not true. The party out of power has historically been more isolationist than the party in power.

can you name so examples?

Every single administration since FDR at least. Might be some exceptions during the 19th century, but the rule worked even then as well.
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