Something I have never found in Marx's writing, what happens when we don't evolve from Capitalism to Socialism. I have a feeling we are living it with this mad dash to nuclear war : (
I don't believe that is what Marx wrote. In fact Marx had said to Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky their project to Communism would fail not having passed through Capitalism if history writes it correctly. Let me know where to find a better source. Not an expert in Marx's writings.
Landru, Sorry if my 'throw away line' confused you. I am not an 'expert' of any kind. It is my observation of the present political scene and neoliberal capitalism. And of course what I have read.
To quote Lenin: " Fascism is capitalism in decay". The decay of which we can observe in the present time - Trumpism in the US, rise of despots in South America and beyond, the increasing influence of neo-fascist parties and far-right movements in Europe - are responses to the crisis of global capitalism.
We can also observe the increasingly authoritarian laws curtailing freedoms being passed in western "democracies". The rise and rise of oligarchs and powerful lobbies.
Something I have never found in Marx's writing, what happens when we don't evolve from Capitalism to Socialism. I have a feeling we are living it with this mad dash to nuclear war : (
Landru, You don't evolve from Capitalism to Socialism. The next step from capitalism - specially from the neoliberal kind we now have - is Fascism.
I don't believe that is what Marx wrote. In fact Marx had said to Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky their project to Communism would fail not having passed through Capitalism if history writes it correctly. Let me know where to find a better source. Not an expert in Marx's writings.
Landru, Sorry if my 'throw away line' confused you. I am not an 'expert' of any kind. It is my observation of the present political scene and neoliberal capitalism. And of course what I have read.
To quote Lenin: " Fascism is capitalism in decay". The decay of which we can observe in the present time - Trumpism in the US, rise of despots in South America and beyond, the increasing influence of neo-fascist parties and far-right movements in Europe - are responses to the crisis of global capitalism.
We can also observe the increasingly authoritarian laws curtailing freedoms being passed in western "democracies". The rise and rise of oligarchs and powerful lobbies.