>
> CB: Doesn't have to be a catastrophe, just a depression.
> If the U.S.standard
> of living drops for some years, there will be resentment
> because of the
> memory of SUVism, resentment at a palpable drop. This
> will be fertile ground
> for socialist ideas.
>
>
I still don't understand why leftists put this out as a theory of how Marxism will be revived. Depressions generally mean higher competition for jobs, a backlash against immigrants and minorities, weakened political power of the working class, and obviously a higher amount of power from the ruling elites.
^^^^^^
CB: What do you think of the 1930's in the US ? Depression, most "Left" , socialist yet, no ?
>
> We should be looking for ways to make Marxism appealing
> during the good economic times....Difficult to make a case?
> I don't know exactly how, but I think there is a way to do
> it...
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