----- Original Message ----- From: "Somebody Somebody" <philos_case at yahoo.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:13 PM Subject: [lbo-talk] European cities hit by anti-austerity protests
Somebody Somebody on Wednesday, September 29, 2010 2:13 PM wrote:
> Actually, most Americans are in favor of austerity measures. According to
> a new BBC poll, 58% of Americans are opposed to further stimulus spending
> and 56% want less government involvement and regulation of the economy.
> And Americans are about to come out and hand a Congressional majority to
> the more openly pro-austerity of the two political parties.
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> Americans have responded to the economic downturn by turning to the hard
> right. Although, it must be said that the same poll revealed majorities in
> Germany and France for further stimulus as well. It seems like the
> proletariat wants higher unemployment.
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I guess they are not going to oppose to and sacrifice their Unemployment Compensation, Medicare and Social Security entitlement benefits. On the other hand, they are brain-washed by the Reaganites to believe in only the private business can create jobs and the government cannot.
Capitalist crises history shows that right-wingers often called out to their causes first, as the most entrenched habitual force, during those difficult times. The leftist forces need a favorable objective reality to overthrow the Ancien Regime. That reality includes the existence of a burgeon of the advanced socio-economic system. People need to know and compare the new and the old systems before being convinced that the new is better than the old. Right-wing fiascoes and deceptive deus ex machina are not enough to pull people to the left side. A cooperative or other semi-socialistic business organizations can be more cogent than simple political and ideological inculcation. A picture is worthy of one thousand of words.Will the unionists do something like this?
Mark