This is an excellent post. Well said.
I would add that the right-wing demonizing of the poor has always been there, in the broader culture and ideological framework of capitalist society, but has...
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This is an excellent post. Well said.
I would...This is an excellent post. Well said.
I would add that the right-wing demonizing of the poor has always been there, in the broader culture and ideological framework of capitalist society, but has...
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Somehow, I don't associate acts of "charity" (for...Somehow, I don't associate acts of "charity" (for the purpose of tax shelters and promotion of the neo-liberal programme) with "compassion."
But that's just me.
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This is news?This is news?
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Exactly.
Hey, look over there, America has a...Exactly.
Hey, look over there, America has a "black" President. :rolleyes: (Sounds stupid, right? No more so than the "privileged worker" or any other race-based "cultural" theories that have no...
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Sweden's reformist social-democratic experiment...Sweden's reformist social-democratic experiment was initiated as a response to worker demands and the threat of Communist revolution in the early 1900s. And it was possible because Sweden...
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There's plenty wrong with any "state", let alone...There's plenty wrong with any "state", let alone a Jewish one.
We are revolutionary Leftists, not statists.
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White workers are not "privileged", nor do they...White workers are not "privileged", nor do they lack class consciousness (in general).
What they are is stressed, angry, bitter about their class position, and pissed off at the bourgeois...
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Oh I don't doubt that. But there are many...Oh I don't doubt that. But there are many capitalists concentrated in the Silicon Valley, so of course there will be a variety of bourgeois views within that population.
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Lawyers and doctors: generally some form of...Lawyers and doctors: generally some form of bourgeois or petty-bourgeois, but that's because they tend to be partners in a practice, rather than solely selling their labor power for a wage.
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^^To add to that, there's quite a few workers in...^^To add to that, there's quite a few workers in America who owe more money than they make or have. And then there's the fact that even the highest-earning wage slaves are still wage slaves (ie they...
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Not really. We have a lot of "social liberals"...Not really. We have a lot of "social liberals" and "progressives" here, some other more traditional moderately right-wing capitalists, but in general, Silicon Valley types don't mind paying taxes.
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Things I hate about liberalsWhat are some of the ways in which you, as a revolutionary Leftist, despise liberals?
Here are some reasons.
1. Their arrogant, elitist condescension towards workers and poor people: (ie:...
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Which revolutionary leftist group exists in the...Which revolutionary leftist group exists in the US that could fill that need?
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I don't see how somebody can truly be both.I don't see how somebody can truly be both.
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Social Democrats have been, at best, irrelevant...Social Democrats have been, at best, irrelevant to the working class struggle for the past century.
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I have my suspicions about those who "warn us" of...I have my suspicions about those who "warn us" of a "fascism" coming again.
It just seems like a tactic to divert attention from present-day ideologies that are every bit as dangerous as fascism.
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Well, what do people think the term "middle...Well, what do people think the term "middle class" means?
Like JG said, the petty-bourgeoisie is a non-definitive "class." The working class and the capitalist class-more specifically, the...
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The biggest hinderance to class consciousness in...The biggest hinderance to class consciousness in America, in my view, is the weakness of the unions and the lack of solidarity workers of different backgrounds (whether they be race, gender,...
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Well, yeah. Whoever is in power has wealthier...Well, yeah. Whoever is in power has wealthier people, I would expect.
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Ron Paul idolizes a guy (Hayek) who criticized...Ron Paul idolizes a guy (Hayek) who criticized the Nazis from the right.
"Nuff said.
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Heads up on Boston:
Read more:...Heads up on Boston:
Read more: http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/mayor-menino-on-occupy-boston-20111103#ixzz1chFfRqCs
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Then the Democrats can add FDR to Mount Rushmore,...Then the Democrats can add FDR to Mount Rushmore, and both parties can have their ideological Messiahs on the Mount! :rolleyes:
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Populist anger, while understandable (and I'm...Populist anger, while understandable (and I'm sympathetic to it), is no substitute for a revolutionary working-class programme.
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"China is set to overtake the US by 2015."
..."China is set to overtake the US by 2015."
What does this mean? Because my understanding is that a lot of the wealth created by Chinese workers ultimately goes into the profits of "multinational"...