As a democratic socialist myself I try to understand Bernie Sanders'
seemingly unprincipled compromise with " Wall St. Hillary " rather
than just scorn it.
The decay of capitalism has empowered pseudo-leftists all over the world. I won't say they are consciously corrupt .They just don't have the confidence in working class politics that was evident in the socialist movement - even here in the USA - one hundred years ago. Recall the era of Eugene V. Debs .
The collapse of the Soviet Union should have revived democratic socialism around the world - which never was corrupted by Stalinism. But until fairly recently it made global capitalism insanely arrogant. As if Ayn Rand had triumphed over Karl Marx .
Then we suddenly hear a Catholic pope condemning capitalist greed. And then a professed democratic socialist winning Democratic primary elections in the United States . Then we read polls saying that a younger generation has a favorable attitude toward socialist ideals.
The stirring is from below. The working class is awakening.
The decay of capitalism has empowered pseudo-leftists all over the world. I won't say they are consciously corrupt .They just don't have the confidence in working class politics that was evident in the socialist movement - even here in the USA - one hundred years ago. Recall the era of Eugene V. Debs .
The collapse of the Soviet Union should have revived democratic socialism around the world - which never was corrupted by Stalinism. But until fairly recently it made global capitalism insanely arrogant. As if Ayn Rand had triumphed over Karl Marx .
Then we suddenly hear a Catholic pope condemning capitalist greed. And then a professed democratic socialist winning Democratic primary elections in the United States . Then we read polls saying that a younger generation has a favorable attitude toward socialist ideals.
The stirring is from below. The working class is awakening.
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