[concordDance]

> (God willing they repeal it, even if only for the international commerce implications...)

It's hard to express how impossible this is. It is very very strongly in the state's interest to keep powers like this. We're more likely to get communism...

[kixiQu]

This then comes down to whether you think the US govt. these past few decades is better at self-perpetuating power or toadying up to the demands of capital. Cynicism vs. cynicism!