On Tue, Sep 2, 2025 at 04:17 PM, Charles wrote: > > (1) The franchise was already universal in the 1930s...(2) Teachers > unionized in the latter half of the twentieth century.
(1) The electoral system was the reason why workers, when offered the choice, opted for reformist politicians rather than revolutionary socialists in the advanced capitalist countries in the 30's, even dating back to the gradual extension of the franchise in Bismarkian Germany and elsewhere.. The CP's gradually adapted to these reformist pressures from below as in the case of support for the New Deal in the US. There will have to be a much steeper decline in both living standards and democratic rights before the desperate masses of necessity organize to overthrow rather than seek to reform capitalism. (2) Teachers and public sector workers won or were given union rights resulting from the growth of the welfare state, particularly in health and government as well as n education. But the white collar workforce has never had the bargaining power as did unionized industrial workers concentrated in key sectors of the economy in the periods when there was still a demand for their labour. Automation and outsourcing has since decimated the industrial working class and union density and militancy have fallen precipitously as a result. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#38406): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/38406 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/115035945/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
