Jim writes, >BTW, I am not predicting that the key factor that M & E predicted in the >MANIFESTO will automatically come about, i.e., that the working class will >rise up and transform capitalism into a socialist system. Their prediction, >in retrospect, seems to be based on mere optimism and extrapolation from >what was happening at the time. The actual development of working class >movements is much less predictable than the development of capital. Nor would I. But I submit that as TNCs become more T and less N, it becomes "easier" for workers of "home" countries to identify with workers wherever they work, rather than with "domestic" capitalists. Patriotism and nationalism have been thoroughly destructive of worker solidarity, and I can at least imagine that these problems might diminish as enterprises become more and more (patently) stateless. Blair _____________________________________________________________________ Blair Sandler "If I had to choose a reductionist paradigm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Classical Marxism is a damned good one." _____________________________________________________________________
