>>8384My definition in no way disqualifies Pinochet, who deregulated and privatised many sectors and while he often sold state assets to allies,
on the whole he exposed the economy to more market discipline than before. This is not true of Thatcher, Major or Blair, who preferred state-direction role-playing as the market.
The key point that I have tried to emphasize is that the UK is NOT acting in a way that helps the accumulation or flow of capital, that this is a result of its own anomalous social structure, and that if Britain were run in such a way it would be less reactionary than it is now.
>>8389Let's try this: insofar as the UK is oriented towards commodity production, and insofar as services are taken to be a commodity, a disproportionate share of commodity production in britain is effectively produced for the state, to state specifications, not for a market. This is papered over with role-playing.