RadioRaheem84
20th April 2011, 17:35
How are we supposed to engage people to consider Marxism or socialism when our ideas are so far removed from daily discourse?
For instance, I was debating a right wing friend of mine about the oil price commodities and the rising gas prices. He told me that I was an idiot for complaining about speculation because speculation also precedes a price decrease.
Then he went on to say that it's basic Econ 101 (you've all heard this), that speculation is just a guess against the current state of the world. When uncertainty is evident, there is more demand for critical commodities.
Basically, all he did was give me a description of what speculation is without giving me a moral argument as to why it's a legitimate practice. I am assuming that it's a given to him that speculation is just a part of the global market, which is presupposed to be the normal way of life.
He did not see it in a social context, never read reports about how companies would halt food importing or store huge amounts of rice to drive up the price, nothing of the sort mattered.
How are we supposed to engage others to discover out ideas when the world is so radically right wing now, that any notion of smashing these presuppositions of the economy would be seen as undoing the world.
For instance, I was debating a right wing friend of mine about the oil price commodities and the rising gas prices. He told me that I was an idiot for complaining about speculation because speculation also precedes a price decrease.
Then he went on to say that it's basic Econ 101 (you've all heard this), that speculation is just a guess against the current state of the world. When uncertainty is evident, there is more demand for critical commodities.
Basically, all he did was give me a description of what speculation is without giving me a moral argument as to why it's a legitimate practice. I am assuming that it's a given to him that speculation is just a part of the global market, which is presupposed to be the normal way of life.
He did not see it in a social context, never read reports about how companies would halt food importing or store huge amounts of rice to drive up the price, nothing of the sort mattered.
How are we supposed to engage others to discover out ideas when the world is so radically right wing now, that any notion of smashing these presuppositions of the economy would be seen as undoing the world.