----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:31:34 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] it's over - now the destruction really begins
On Mar 10, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> I think cde. Henwood may be too optimistic claiming that this is business as usual and the current crisis being a mountain giving birth to a mouse.
Where did you get that from? Have you actually read anything I've written on this?
[WS:] From: To the ruling class, riots are just the downtrodden blowing off steam. The cops can take care of them. If they lead to systemic instability, or worse, revolution, that's another thing. But riots come and go.
Doug
I dot think that fascist movements that sprung in the aftermath of the great depression were just the downtrodden blowing off steam. And I do not think that a revo is in the cards either. I think that fascist reaction to economic downturns and its potential for violent conflict is substantively different than ordinary workings of the capitalist system. But I did not buy cde. Bond's argument about "systemic" causes of WW2 either.
Wojtek