<div>Julio Huato wrote:</div> <div> </div> <div>But they have to view themselves as the *agents* or protagonists,<BR>responsible for progressive change in this country. This, which<BR>should be obvious, must be said because people in the left tend to<BR>argue about the merits of voting on the basis of whether or not the<BR>elected politician in question (or her/his party) has it in its DNA to<BR>deliver progressive change. And I think that's totally backwards.<BR>******************************************</div> <div>I think people can more easily see themselves as "agents" (as powerful), if they know</div> <div>a few basic principles of capitalist political-economy: number one being</div> <div>that they create the wealth of the economy, but they don't get to own or </div> <div>control what they socially produce and number two being that not only is wealth</div> <div>based on their co:operative labour, but also includes the
ownership and control of Nature.</div> <div>If these simple principles were to be absorbed by enough workers, a progressive,</div> <div>class conscious/self-conscious movement could be organized with a view to wresting control and </div> <div>ownership of wealth and by extension, political power away from the capitalist class.</div> <div> </div> <div>But of course, when you put these matters to the working class in such a positive</div> <div>way, you almost always run into a deeply ingrained, authoritarian psychological </div> <div>character structure which kow-tows masochistically to existing power in order</div> <div>to achieve the limited power bestowed within the hire-arky e.g. petty management</div> <div>positions in various organizations, including the military, the church, the educational</div> <div>institutions and corporations.</div> <div> </div> <div>And there's the rub.</div> <div> </div>
<div>Regards,</div> <div>Mike B)</div><BR><BR>Watch the communist manifestoon!<br>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1oGIffyVVk<p> 
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