Ian Murray wrote:
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<<<> There you go again. Yes, a Shweickartian PE is compatible with
liberal democracy in some possible world--and lets not haggle over
Kripkean/Lewis issues for the moment--but do you really think the
Rumsfelds, Roves, Hormats, Winfrey's etc.of the world are going to let
you have it without an immense loss of life?>>>
I've been asking this question over and over again on this list practically as long as the list has existed -- and I've asked it in sweet tones as well as gruff, biting, & slanderous tones. No one really seems to want to deal with it seriously.
My answer of course is No. Even if the non-violent strategists are correct, and we don't need or shouldn't use violence ourselves, still there is a river of blood between us and any possible non-capitalist future -- or any capitalist future not dominated by the U.S. How many people will be willing to die (often painfully) while practicing non-violence.
Elections are simply out of the question when it comes to _seriously_ damaging the power of capital, let alone dissolving it.
We won't be the first or the last species to die out.
Carrol