Joseph,
I replied to Raghu by saying "of course. .... "
And I reply to you by saying "of course .... "
My view of the PROCESS of getting to the class struggle is through cutting the
income (not taxing it, pace Jim Devine) of the rich, while not cutting the
income of the rest. That will be set in motion through class struggle, and
produce class struggle and economic and cultural changes through which there is
a possibility of better world.
Gene
On Jun 6, 2013, at 9:55 AM, Joseph Green wrote:
> raghu wrote:\>
>> Here's an idea that always makes PEN-Lers uncomfortable: we need to curb
>> the consumption of more than just the "rich" in the North. Like the
>> consumption of the median US household. The working class in other words.
>> -raghu.
>>
>
> Here we have the program of the anti-working class wing of the environmental
> movement. It's good you bring it out into the open, raghu. Instead of
> regulating production and implementing comprehensive cconomic and
> environmental planning, just slash consumption. One-two-three-many Greeces.
>
> Only, as the living standard of the masses is slashed and slashed again in
> Greece, Greece is not becoming an environmental utopia. The truth is, no
> matter how far one slashes consumption, environmental devastation will grow
> if there is no regulation and control of production, while regulation and
> control has the possibility of increasing mass livelihood while protecting
> the environment - but this possibility will require a class struggle over the
> question of what type of regulation and control.
>
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