[lbo-talk] Liberal democracy

BrownBingb at aol.com BrownBingb at aol.com
Mon Apr 28 21:21:01 PDT 2003


From: "Kevin Robert Dean" <qualiall at union.org.za>


>
> 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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