History and psychology show that the capitalist system is adept at creating
false consciousness and modern technology and psychology has given the system
the tools to continue to do so. This is so in spite of periodic outbreaks such
as the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street.
Cheers ken
Blog: http://kenthink7.blogspot.com/index.html
Blog: http://kencan7.blogspot.com/index.html
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From: raghu <[email protected]>
To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 8:49:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Pen-l] The austerity debate
On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:21 PM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> The power the working class desires is the power to abolish itself as a
> working class
> and thereby abolish capitalism and capitalists. Ragu can reduce that to
> power over people if he wants to, but I think it's silly and misleading.
To be fair to Jim, I believe he shares your view stated above. It was
I who made the "silly and misleading" contention that power, if it
means anything must mean control over other human beings or groups of
human beings.
Needless to say, I do not think my reduction is "silly and misleading".
Your ideology may lead you to believe that the "working class" desires
"the power to abolish itself as a working class
and thereby abolish capitalism and capitalists".
I'd argue that history and psychology shows that real, breathing human
beings desire no such thing.
-raghu.
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