On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 08:19 PM, Charles wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 02:12 PM, Marv Gandall wrote: > >> It’s self-evident that millions of workers, peasants, and intellectuals >> would not have mobilized unless they believed that capitalism had outlived >> its historic role and that its global overthrow was now on the agenda. > > You still present no evidence that such was their belief. They may just as > well have acted... without being sure where it might all settle out." >
The stirring first line of the Internationale could have been amended to " maybe 'tis the final conflict" to reflect this ostensible uncertainty, but I don't think it would have roused the masses in quite the same way. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#39353): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/39353 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/116301050/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
