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From: "Mark Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: September 11, 2000 3:59:15 PM GMT
Subject: RE: [CrashList] FWD: Re: Barnesites, revolutionary parties etc
>But *they* are doomed too, don't you get it?
You won't get a quarrel from me on that score.
Marx back in the Communist Manifesto in describing
the class conflicts between patricians and plebeians
in the Roman Empire wrote of them as ending in the
common ruin of the contending classes. There is my
opinion no grounds for thinking that the proletariat
must inevitably triumph against the bourgeoisie. On the contrary, it may
very well be the case that the
proletariat will not
perceive the necessity for overthrowing the bourgeoisie
until it is too late. That is why I think that to
wait for the Crash for such a movement to appear
is self-defeating. By then it will be too late.
The bourgeoisie will attempt to deal with the energy
crisis, global warming, ecocide etc. in their own
way with the consequence of placing the survival of
humanity into doubt.
Early in the 20th century Rosa Luxemburg argued that
mankind was faced with choosing between socialism
or barbarism. And the history of the 20th century
gave us a good taste of what modern barbarism looks
like. It may well be the case that people in the
21st century will be called upon to choose between
socialism and extinction. Again, I don't think
that the outcome is by any means certain.
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