On 2010-09-03, at 9:55 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> And, as I've been saying to Patrick for many years, what he calls "crisis" is often what I call capitalism's standard operating procedure: creating poverty alongside wealth, instability, anxiety, ill-health, alienation, etc. To call them "crises" is to misname them, in fact - the word should be reserved for exceptional states, not an awful daily reality.
Right. "History suggests the masses won't consider overthrowing the existing system and experimenting with a new one unless and until a) their personal circumstances deteriorate to the point that they consider them life threatening and b) it has become abundantly clear that neither of the established parties has proved able to arrest the slide and c) their desperation for change has finally overcome their fear of repression."
Now THAT would be a crisis.