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I don't think the issue is whether or not policies can alleviate, shorten, mitigate a crisis, or even prevent the complete collapse of capitalism. Obviously, given what we just witnessed, certain aspects of crisis, for the bourgeoisie, can be mitigated, and a complete collapse can be avoided. Capitalism doesn't fall over from its own dead weight. It needs to be kicked. That's why we wear these boots. Regarding the New Deal, again the issue is not if those policies had accompanied, or even precipitated a recovery from the trough of the depression. With or without a New Deal, capitalism would have been capable of creating a recovery from the trough of the depression. The issue isn't even could the New Deal have worked without the advent of WW2. The real issue is could any recovery with or without the New Deal have prevented, obviated the NEED for World War 2 on the part of capitalism. And the answer to that is, no. No recovery that would have prevented WW2 was possible. ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael perelman" <michael.perelm...@gmail.com> To: <sartes...@earthlink.net> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [Marxism] Marxism Digest, Vol 84, Issue 30 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
