Pervasive Two things stood out our discussions.
First, that the state is all-pervasive. When Lenin, Iot exampic, was willig about the most lives relatively little direct will une stale. except as straightforward repression LINC police, and so on.
caucanion, housing, health care, social work, the state is part of the daily lives of all of us. It nol just stan emer ployees who are state'; to some extent we all are Secondly our experience of the state is contradictory. The state RELIGION rules in the City of London The financiers have, after all, a big debt to Chris. tianity.
The City's founders rampaged around the world, beating, maiming and making slaves black people teach them that there was only God who was white, male, and on their payroll.
So last week when the City began its commemora Ton orlest — ine scasull u enanci and Margaret Thatcher was ask od tendo theisevice at si Lawrence Jewry. She packed the aisles with ladies don out in furs and tweeds and •i overcoats ana vicul 1 he saving grace or lis was, member the Communist Leagu callin Jobs not Bu when these latter-day saints removed holy place, Ine recovered her composure.
A sense of Christiar contentment swept the soul of the ladies and gents whe announce. creating Was 'Christian obligation'.
Work was not just netee. The wrath or God virtue' the s mly . descending million scroungers orawine quie money Christian people should be wanderer BaZA giur strike force, add ser strike force, and against the Moslem oclicvels Being Lent, the monster warned he dience of the dangers of im moral inflation' explaining that it undermined financi agi cellicals But they did not need 1c worrv. Like a lue nista soldier. Thatcher has draw:
• Hospitals will te The old will be cor die hypothermi More will have to gr city saved, and God will keep o: working or liose wicad His wages. In fact the mes: evered premier • intends unleash permanent Ler she can geor way peopie. working • Socialist Challenge 12 March 1981 Page 1: