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There is a reactionary revolution taking place ...
And I hate to use the terms together, but one is going on before our eyes. The last vestige of social cohesion will wither, ironically, right before us, collectively.
What we have here is no less than the international revolution of capitalism, borne from the ideas of Trotsky's international socialism. The capitalists, in their reactionary fervor, adapted, and revolutionized the world and organization from the top down. They ensured that the international proletariat would factionalize, and to cue the coup de grace, made it possible for international capitalists to find common cause. Capital can cross national boundaries, while labor remains isolated. There is solidarity, not of labor, but of the wealthy class. And so, top-down authoritarianism has won, and won, ironically, by a man who is pejoratively called a socialist.
It's actually quite brilliant ... If you're part of the owning class.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)That is EXACTLY what this abomination is designed to do.
The president has served his masters well. He will be justly rewarded. Just like the Clintons were.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)Even the best of intentions are drowned by competitive reward, but only if that society wishes to reward such deeds.
See Mutual Aid: Factor of Evolution by Peter Kropotkin for evidence of an alternative society.
Edit: Thank you for the kind response.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)rich. How do the corporations fit into this or are they the embodiment of the cohesion of the wealthy class?
F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)Corporations are capital in every sense of the word. They are another tool the capitalists to expand their holdings, enrich themselves at the expense of the working class, and divide and oppress the working class.
Fantastic Anarchist
(7,309 posts)... in order to aggregate worker productivity for use by the owning class.
It's another irony because the worker takes part in his own enslavement.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)Which it most certainly IS NOT.
The business of government is to act on the behalf of citizens to protect them from the brutality of other human beings, many of which are wealthy fellow citizens administrating corporations.