There’s that unmistakable ring of truth again, raising the question: Why do we resist rising up and marching in mass to the barricades? Because the capitalist propaganda machine has been very effective in brainwashing the armies of the mindless, but as temperatures rise, and inequality, racism and other injustices mount, the Imperialist, fascist, plutocratic masters of the universe are losing control of the narrative and the proletariat are beginning to perceive the truth that will set them free. Revolution is in the air!
Revolution is the only Solution! All the rest has been tried, endlessly, while effecting no change! The "system" is rotten to the core and will never provide the vehicle for change! Never!
Thank you Paul for articulating need for revolution and the fear and reluctance make a revolution of our system of capitalism and it's evils. The courage that it takes is in short supply and cowards or the purposefully ignorant. Very few heroes to find. Gratitude to you, Bob Avakian, Dr Wolff and others who remind us daily what action is needed
Another enlightening commentary, Paul. I am reading George Monbiot/Peter Hutchison's The Invisible Doctrine about the beginnings of neoliberalism several decades ago, and how Milton Friedman turned what appeared to be a softer corporate approach to making profits into a Darwinian fight to reach the top and bugger the less well positioned. Your article, whilst not mentioning neoliberalism, in many ways fits the route capitalism has taken to damage its nemesis "democracy", leaving the US Republicans, if elected in November, to dismantle what is left of a middle class.
Well to me neoliberalism is largely capitalism-imperialism after the New Deal era is played out. It's capitalism returning to its more savage norm after remarkable 20th Century developments ---chiefly the Great Depression, Europe's brief near suicide (two epic wars in response to Germany's attempted MittleEuropa, the second attempt accompanied by genocidal fascism) and revolution --- brought some slight measures of social democracy to the core Western states and produced the fist socialist states in Russia and China. I guess what might rescue neoliberalism as a concept is simply the periodization (global capitalism from 1980 or mid-1970s on) and its conscious and deliberate systematic assault on the social welfare and regulatory state and the overthrow of the first socialist states. The opening of China to world capitalism is such critical context for it all.
Brilliant - which of these dystopian plotlines do you think we're moving towards fastest? For me we're spinning into a dumb "It Couldn't Happen Here" dystopia, which is disappointing, because I would really prefer a fascinating dystopia like Brave New World where there's at least something to think about.
To me ecocide is the top dog menace. Every year we avoid nuclear war we continue to avoid nuclear war and hope to be lucky to avoid nuclear war next year with shifting chances of doing so, sometimes greater chances, sometimes worse chances. Every year/week/day we continue to pour more insane amounts of carbon into the atmosphere it just accumulates more and we up the doom ante.
The number crunchers have determined that the Pentagon is the world's largest single emitter of greenhouse gases. Even if the nuclear-armed countries manage to avoid causing a nuclear winter, the US military that dominates the so-called world order is a major contributor to the planetary overheating that's going to make Earth uninhabitable. BTW- The military is exempt from Biden's order to cut federal government emissions.
The only difference between Trump and Biden insofar as 'lying' is, one is a 'serial liar', incapable of truth, while the other is exercises some control over his lying. Neither represent what the people want! The people don't want "unending wars" with Biden or "outright tyranny" with Trump. THE PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE ! It will ALWAYS be the lesser of two evils!---at least until we wake up and take control.
There’s that unmistakable ring of truth again, raising the question: Why do we resist rising up and marching in mass to the barricades? Because the capitalist propaganda machine has been very effective in brainwashing the armies of the mindless, but as temperatures rise, and inequality, racism and other injustices mount, the Imperialist, fascist, plutocratic masters of the universe are losing control of the narrative and the proletariat are beginning to perceive the truth that will set them free. Revolution is in the air!
Revolution is the only Solution! All the rest has been tried, endlessly, while effecting no change! The "system" is rotten to the core and will never provide the vehicle for change! Never!
R'evolution is but evolution, with a dash of human ego as we fancy ourselves to be in charge.
Thank you Paul for articulating need for revolution and the fear and reluctance make a revolution of our system of capitalism and it's evils. The courage that it takes is in short supply and cowards or the purposefully ignorant. Very few heroes to find. Gratitude to you, Bob Avakian, Dr Wolff and others who remind us daily what action is needed
King was a real one. Great lead off quote.
Another enlightening commentary, Paul. I am reading George Monbiot/Peter Hutchison's The Invisible Doctrine about the beginnings of neoliberalism several decades ago, and how Milton Friedman turned what appeared to be a softer corporate approach to making profits into a Darwinian fight to reach the top and bugger the less well positioned. Your article, whilst not mentioning neoliberalism, in many ways fits the route capitalism has taken to damage its nemesis "democracy", leaving the US Republicans, if elected in November, to dismantle what is left of a middle class.
Well to me neoliberalism is largely capitalism-imperialism after the New Deal era is played out. It's capitalism returning to its more savage norm after remarkable 20th Century developments ---chiefly the Great Depression, Europe's brief near suicide (two epic wars in response to Germany's attempted MittleEuropa, the second attempt accompanied by genocidal fascism) and revolution --- brought some slight measures of social democracy to the core Western states and produced the fist socialist states in Russia and China. I guess what might rescue neoliberalism as a concept is simply the periodization (global capitalism from 1980 or mid-1970s on) and its conscious and deliberate systematic assault on the social welfare and regulatory state and the overthrow of the first socialist states. The opening of China to world capitalism is such critical context for it all.
Thank you Paul!!!
I had to add a couple of missing words to the third paragraph up from the bottom.
Brilliant - which of these dystopian plotlines do you think we're moving towards fastest? For me we're spinning into a dumb "It Couldn't Happen Here" dystopia, which is disappointing, because I would really prefer a fascinating dystopia like Brave New World where there's at least something to think about.
To me ecocide is the top dog menace. Every year we avoid nuclear war we continue to avoid nuclear war and hope to be lucky to avoid nuclear war next year with shifting chances of doing so, sometimes greater chances, sometimes worse chances. Every year/week/day we continue to pour more insane amounts of carbon into the atmosphere it just accumulates more and we up the doom ante.
The number crunchers have determined that the Pentagon is the world's largest single emitter of greenhouse gases. Even if the nuclear-armed countries manage to avoid causing a nuclear winter, the US military that dominates the so-called world order is a major contributor to the planetary overheating that's going to make Earth uninhabitable. BTW- The military is exempt from Biden's order to cut federal government emissions.
'Call for?' We can call for whatever we like, PS. The hard parts are 'to whom' and 'when?'
The only difference between Trump and Biden insofar as 'lying' is, one is a 'serial liar', incapable of truth, while the other is exercises some control over his lying. Neither represent what the people want! The people don't want "unending wars" with Biden or "outright tyranny" with Trump. THE PEOPLE HAVE NO CHOICE ! It will ALWAYS be the lesser of two evils!---at least until we wake up and take control.