The Ressurection of Marx

[cumulus.james]

There is a news story on RT now that since Corbyn was elected, people are rediscovering Marx, with bookstore owners selling out of Captal and other books on Marx.

In the US you have Bernie Sanders.

I find we may be in the midst of a paradigm shift, with the likes of Bill O'Riely seeming like out of touch dinosaurs to anyone under 25.

Do we want communism - fresia NO! But something has to change and everyone knows it.

 

[there is no hope]

What we? I'd be completely for radical wealth redistribution and centralized, collectivized economic planning.

Unfortunately the capital-C Communist movement co-opted any possible reform, and the intelligentsia shown from the very start (and it shows in communist and socialist movements today, and that applies to democratic socialists as much as Leninists and Maoists) that they would never relinquish inequality once they attained a favored position.

What is happening is that socialism is no longer a dirty word, but many people will not give away their prerogatives unless they have to.

As far as the USA goes, I'm very pessimistic for this election cycle. The Repubs are a total trainwreck and shouldn't be voted in, but it is very likely to see some states go red, due to voter apathy and more people falling into the social margins.

 

[SlayGuy138]

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[beautiful loser]

Dumb me, I thought Richard Marx put out a new album. The title would have been proper.