[lbo-talk] Bad Times and the Left

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Jul 11 19:24:52 PDT 2011


On Jul 11, 2011, at 10:06 PM, ken hanly wrote:


> I do think that there is a relationship between social democracy as it is
> now at least and revolutionary movements. It is an inverse relationship.

I think you're wrong. I think social democracy is a concession forced from capitalists when the threat of expropriation looms. No socialist threat, no social democracy. That's why soc dem suffered from the end of the USSR.

Doug



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