Dr. Rosenpenis
3rd October 2003, 01:28
Most capitalists say that under democracy, the only possible economical system is capitalism. But what they miserably fail to see is that democracy is the rule by the majority, the people! Under capitalism the power of production is appropriated by the bourgeoisie giving them power above all else.
What power are the people given when they are brutaly subjugated by an elite ruling class? What can they possibly achieve from "democratic" elections? What possible influence can the people have upon the ruling class? Many capitalists will reply, "The people have power over their own labour and what they purchase, giving them, as a whole, power of the market." This is as far from the truth as I can possibly imagine! When has it been shown that the people will wield this "power" to regulate corporate America and its oppressive actions? In the world today, besides, Americasn are the leading consumers, and they coudn't care less how workers in Bangladesh are treated. So they're obviously not going to wield their "power" to counter injuitices commited against the proletariat. Many members of the working class, more than you can imagine, have very little choice as to how they wish to survive and who they wish to work for. In most of the world, people would have to jeopardize their already-miserable wages if they were to demand better benefits, wages, etc. Saying that the proletariat has power over their own labor is like saying that a slave has power to determine who his master is---even if it is plausible, it will bring no liberty.
Also working in fuction of the bourgeoisie's class interests is tolerance and acceptance for factions working against democratic treatment of the people, like the KKK for example. In a truly democratic society, what business have those who work in function of fundamnetaly undemocratic interests, like capitalism for example. Those who seek to achieve capitalism have not the interests of the people in mind and threfore have no place in socialist or democratic politics.
Capitalism benefits only the upper class of oppressors, making it fundamentaly undemocratic. So as you can see, the only way in which democracy is possible is through the suppression of a ruling class and the emancipation of the proletariat through revolution.
What power are the people given when they are brutaly subjugated by an elite ruling class? What can they possibly achieve from "democratic" elections? What possible influence can the people have upon the ruling class? Many capitalists will reply, "The people have power over their own labour and what they purchase, giving them, as a whole, power of the market." This is as far from the truth as I can possibly imagine! When has it been shown that the people will wield this "power" to regulate corporate America and its oppressive actions? In the world today, besides, Americasn are the leading consumers, and they coudn't care less how workers in Bangladesh are treated. So they're obviously not going to wield their "power" to counter injuitices commited against the proletariat. Many members of the working class, more than you can imagine, have very little choice as to how they wish to survive and who they wish to work for. In most of the world, people would have to jeopardize their already-miserable wages if they were to demand better benefits, wages, etc. Saying that the proletariat has power over their own labor is like saying that a slave has power to determine who his master is---even if it is plausible, it will bring no liberty.
Also working in fuction of the bourgeoisie's class interests is tolerance and acceptance for factions working against democratic treatment of the people, like the KKK for example. In a truly democratic society, what business have those who work in function of fundamnetaly undemocratic interests, like capitalism for example. Those who seek to achieve capitalism have not the interests of the people in mind and threfore have no place in socialist or democratic politics.
Capitalism benefits only the upper class of oppressors, making it fundamentaly undemocratic. So as you can see, the only way in which democracy is possible is through the suppression of a ruling class and the emancipation of the proletariat through revolution.