[Marxism] Shattering a 'national mythology'

[S. Artesian]

There it is!
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From: "Andrew Pollack" <acpollack2 at gmail.com>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Shattering a 'national mythology'


> To say the nation is MERELY an idea is like saying that the processes
> of capitalist production, distribution and appropriation are merely
> the product of capital's ideological fetishization -- rather than the
> reverse.
> The ideas of nations are products of real struggles by ruling classes
> over the legal, moral, cultural, linguistic, territorial, etc. right
> to carry out production and commerce on a particular territory.
> Obviously the ideas and the reality evolve over time, and not always
> in synch.
> Andy P.