Carrol Cox: >> Only a political challenge, a revolutionary workers' movement, can represent >> any threat >> to capitalism as such.
Sabri Oncu > The above statement is a "belief," too. Capitalism may go down for > many reasons. Whether it is going down or not now is another issue. We > just don't know when and why capitalism will go down. All we know is > that sooner or later it will, one day. It's true that capitalism could "go down" if the Earth were destroyed -- but it might exist on other planets, no? Maybe it will fall "sooner or later," but that poses the question: what will replace it? if there's a "revolutionary workers' movement," it would be replaced by (democratic) socialism. If not, it could be replaced by some non-capitalist authoritarian system. For example, if global warming leads to a social melt-down -- a Hobbesian war of each against all -- we might see the imposition of a totally militaristic society, complete with labor armies. -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
