The capitalist class so tightly dominates the media that when, once in a great while, there appears in the press what appears to be a serious criticism of the capitalist system, it becomes nothing less than a cause c l bre.
Progressives welcome it with open arms.
And since a critical piece on capitalism is such an extraordinary event, its essence is often not really analyzed. Certainly this has much attractive force for those in the working-class and progressive movement. The fact that it is written by one Benjamin C. Schwarz, described as a foreign policy analyst, may add to its prestige. He is from the Rand Corporation, a reactionary thinktank for the Pentagon. Capitalism is understood by millions of workers throughout the world as a system of extensive oppression and exploitation of the workers.