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I would turn to Wolfgang Streeck's theory of the consumer voter to understand all this. There seems to be something available for a whole variety of niche markets. As to the meaning of all this for the class struggle, I would not be overly optimistic. comradely Gary On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 2:26 AM, Ken Hiebert via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > I received this from someone who is normally not enthused about any > capitalist party. In this case, the Liberal Party, the historic governing > party in Canada (I haven't factored in recent decades, but this certainly > was true.). This is an indication of the impact of the new government. > I expect we will have a discussion of the meaning of all this. > ken h > > For once, Canadians are proud (and perhaps even a little bit smug). We ran > the data: > > We have a Minister of Environment and CLIMATE CHANGE. > We have a Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and REFUGEES. > > Our Prime Minister is a sci-fi geek. > Our Minister of Health is an actual Doctor. > Our Minister of Families, Children and Social Development is a poverty > economist. > Our Minister of Science is an actual Scientist (oh, and she has a Nobel > Prize). > Our Minister of Status of Women is an actual woman! > Our Minister of Veterans Affairs is a quadriplegic because he was shot in > a drive-by shooting. > Our Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour is a > Professional Geologist. > Our Minister of Democratic Institutions is a Muslim refugee. > Our Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities is a Paralympian > Athlete. > Our Minister of Defence is a badass war hero, Afghanistan combat vet, and > police officer. > OUR MINISTER OF TRANSPORT IS A GODDAMN ASTRONAUT. > > Half of our Ministers are women. > Half of our Ministers are men! > Two of our Ministers are people of First Nations (Kwakwaka'wakw, Inuit) > Three of our Ministers were born outside of Canada (India, Afghanistan) > Two of our Ministers are Sikh. > At least one of our Ministers is Muslim. > At least two of our Ministers are Atheist. > One of our Ministers is battling breast cancer. frown emoticon > One of our Ministers is in a wheelchair. > One of our Ministers is blind. > One of our Ministers is openly gay. > One of our Ministers is openly ginger. > Also, Hon. Navdeep Bains has a perfect twirly moustache > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/gary.maclennan1%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
