Rosa Luxemburg wrote Reform or Revolution? in 1899, and before that Marx talked about the concentration and centralisation of capital in 1867, in Vol 1 of Capital. Ultimately, Keynesian economics and the New Deal (reformist approaches) delayed this, but with the rise of neoliberal economics in the political sphere, we see this happening now. Ultimately, the concentration of capital accumulation would be accompanied by the immiseration of the working class, and ultimately this would create the conditions for revolution.
YESS JOE! Glad to have you on my team. However, you now need to learn the socialist arguments to defeat SocDems as they are the ones who stand in the way to a just socialist society. This article is a good beginning.
This is a stark statement about a serious flaw with capitalism. At the very least we need to have a figure like FDR who can really make a stand against the far right oligarchs. I think people like Sanders and now Mamdani clearly want to make the rich pay their fair share and for the average person to get real opportunities!
dude. I am that person. " A common critique of socialism from progressives and liberals is that it’s unnecessary. In their view, society could be significantly improved by regulating and reforming capitalism " I am not a "progressive or liberal" but I do say this. Try reading....
Rosa Luxemburg wrote Reform or Revolution? in 1899, and before that Marx talked about the concentration and centralisation of capital in 1867, in Vol 1 of Capital. Ultimately, Keynesian economics and the New Deal (reformist approaches) delayed this, but with the rise of neoliberal economics in the political sphere, we see this happening now. Ultimately, the concentration of capital accumulation would be accompanied by the immiseration of the working class, and ultimately this would create the conditions for revolution.
YESS JOE! Glad to have you on my team. However, you now need to learn the socialist arguments to defeat SocDems as they are the ones who stand in the way to a just socialist society. This article is a good beginning.
The cathedral of the welfare state cannot endure on the sands of capitalism.
Exactly. You never hear the Marxist critique of the welfare state because most of these Marxists are actually SocDems.
Socialist economies that have succeeded: *crickets*.
Thank you for this, Joe!
Bernie!!!
This is a stark statement about a serious flaw with capitalism. At the very least we need to have a figure like FDR who can really make a stand against the far right oligarchs. I think people like Sanders and now Mamdani clearly want to make the rich pay their fair share and for the average person to get real opportunities!
dude. I am that person. " A common critique of socialism from progressives and liberals is that it’s unnecessary. In their view, society could be significantly improved by regulating and reforming capitalism " I am not a "progressive or liberal" but I do say this. Try reading....