[lbo-talk] Jodi Dean on The Communist Horizon

socialismorbarbarism socialismorbarbarism at gmail.com
Fri Aug 5 21:16:41 PDT 2011


"Old ideas would be used for new situations. "The Sovereignty of the People" rather than "The Dictatorship of the Proletariat". "

I've been wondering for years whether someone would point this out.

It's not even changing ideas. Once the working class becomes the vast majority, as now, popular sovereignty *is equivalent to* the dictatorship of the proletariat. But of course "popular sovereignty" can be praised to the heavens at the Fourth of July Seniors Picnic or whatever.

2011/8/5 Ferenc Molnar <ferenc_molnar at hotmail.com>:
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> A interesting presentation and even more interesting discussion.  Good for "Not an Alternative" and "No Space" for providing a space for it to happen in.
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