[lbo-talk] Liberal democarcy

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Carrol:
> 
> German inflation of the '20s plus the depression gave Hitler, 
> not socialist revolution. The _first_ impact of a slump is to 
> radically individualize the work force as every one scrabbles 
> to survive. This is what happened in 1974. The slump of 
> 1974-75 was extremely severe -- and it destroyed the last 
> remnants of the movement of the '60s. It was all down hill from there.
>


> for Marxism. The problem is to find and/or create situations 
> in which anyone is apt to notice that there are people around 
> making the case. Otherwise however good our case is, we are 
> just talking to ourselves. We know how to make a good case. 
> We have always known how to make a good case. There is 
> simply, most of the time, no one around to listen to our case.

Good grief, Carrol, finally we profoundly agree on something. ;)

I only hope that the situation you are talking about will occur during
my life time (really), albeit I doubt it will happen here.  Meanwhile
I'll contiunue kvetching and finding consolation in the arts and
classical music.

Wojtek