I think Michael Meeropol and Louis Proyect miss the point. Sure, Biden's proposals will be weakened, as I said in the article. And sure getting Covid under control is a huge undertaking. Neither of these is really the point. The point is that almost all socialists missed the mark when they predicted that Biden would remain true to his past and push for more austerity. His proposal is anything but. How it plays out, and to what degree he and his party will really fight for it is another issue. So is whether at some point he will return to austerity policies. No, a new era of Keynesianism is not in the cards in my opinion (as I also expressed in my article). But *this* proposal of Biden is a hell of a lot closer to Keynesian politics than it is to neoliberal austerity politics.
This also has implications as far as how Biden is seen. If he continues to walk down this road for awhile, I think his popularity could increase significantly. That means things could get even more difficult for those of us - myself included - who don't get drawn into the hoopla. John Reimann -- *“Science and socialism go hand-in-hand.” *Felicity Dowling Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#5692): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/5692 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/79921817/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
