----- Original Message ----- I’m still trying to fathom what the argument is about. To address Rob’s point, higher wages are in the immediate interests of the working class though, as Marxist theory has it, not in their “historic interests” since it bolsters their confidence that they can improve their living conditions under capitalism without risking a desperate leap into the unknown which is what a social revolution represents.
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Being able to eat and clothe your children does not hurt the revo.
Let's get serious: do people have any idea how poor about half the population is?
Joanna