<HTML>From: "Kevin Robert Dean" <qualiall@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.</BLOCKQUOTE> ^^^^^^ CB: What do you think of the 1930's in the US ? Depression, most "Left" , socialist yet, no ? <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"> 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...  </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>