The hurricane disaster: US capitalism stands disgraced

[julianer]

(snip)
The catastrophe that is unfolding in New Orleans and on the Gulf coast of Mississippi has been transformed into a national humiliation without parallel in the history of the United States.

The scenes of intense human suffering, hopelessness, squalor, and neglect amidst the wreckage of what was once New Orleans have exposed the rotten core of American capitalist society before the eyes of the entire world—and, most significantly, before those of its own stunned people.

The reactionary mythology of America as the “Greatest Country in the World” has suffered a shattering blow.

Hurricane Katrina has laid bare the awful truths of contemporary America—a country torn by the most intense class divisions, ruled by a corrupt plutocracy that possesses no sense either of social reality or public responsibility, in which millions of its citizens are deemed expendable and cannot depend on any social safety net or public assistance if disaster, in whatever form, strikes.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/sep2005/hurr-s02.shtml

[Tace]

1. Scathing -- And, Sadly, So Very True

The horror!

[xchrom]

2. one might think of this site as biased -- and indeed it is --

however the basis for critique is certainly correct.

capitalism is no more a pancea for the human condition than mother goose.

[tsuki]

3. That sums it up rather well. eom

[newswolf56]

4. Superb post. In many ways, a much more detailed version...

of the analysis I have been arguing since the implications of Bush's policies became apparent. Didn't know about this website -- many thanks.

[fujiyama]

5. Never thought I'd be in so much agreement

with the World Socialist Web Site.

They hit the nail on the head on this one.