>Thus Max Sawicky just said 'the best we could hope for was
social-democracy' (words to that effect). Of course, we can't hope for any
such thing; it's utopian. There'll be a revolution in the US before there's
a free health service (something we're just celebrating the first half
century of, but that's how long ago social democracy still had any life).
Max's politics are dreams, illusions.>>
I doubt the b-oisie is so dumb they would reject a national health service and risk a revolution.
Of course, ain't gonna be no revolution, but a strong s-d movement can indeed win national health care.
>Voluntarism, spontaneism, defeatism, a profound pessimism that informs
nothing more productive than an articulate cynicism -- Doug's book is
popular because it gives people the comfort of a shared sense of
hopelessness: Hey, if a dissident insider as smart as Henwood knows it's
hopeless to bet against Wall St, who am I, John Doe from Peoria, to worry?>
Sounds to me like the defeatist is you.
Doug's book is popular because of its numerous color photographs of naked, twenty-something traders. (doing my bit for circulation, Doug)
>There is a terrible narcissism about this. Presumably, the day when the
doubters do perceive the logjams breaking up, they'll choose up sides at
last.
>But we don't want fairweather friends. We want people who join us now,
because they know it's the right thing to do. That's the only reason anyone
needs, actually.>
Bingo. Revolution as a moral choice.
How ahistorical, how unMarxist, how boozhwah.
How religious.
Peace be with you,
MBS