On Sun, 21 Apr 1996, Blair Sandler wrote: > At 3:45 PM 4/21/96, SHAWGI TELL wrote: > > The main thing with regard to the capitalist system is that it > >cannot provide for the people. The very motive of production is the > >making of the maximum capitalist profit and not the guaranteeing of > >a livelihood to anyone. The demand for a guaranteed livelihood > >finds its resolution in the socialist system in which the motive of > >production is the satisfaction of the rising material and cultural > >needs of the people. By demanding a livelihood as a right the > >worker is merely beginning to think. The thinking matures and > >becomes a revolutionary demand when the demand for a livelihood is > >transformed into a struggle for the overthrow of capitalism and the > >building of socialism through revolution. > > Shawgi: precisely *because* capitalism cannot provide jobs for all, some > people (I am not among them) argue that demanding jobs for all is not > reformist but actually revolutionary. Similarly, eco-Marxists who believe > that capitalism and ecology are fundamentally incompatible believe that > "reformist" demands for ecological preservation and restoration are > actually revolutionary precisely because capitalism cannot possibly meet > those demands. I say, be careful what you ask for. You might just get it. > > Blair Sandler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Blair, I appreciate the point you are trying to make. There are indeed many diabolical things about bourgeois society. The thrust of this post is that the workers should not beg the bourgeoisie for anything. The workers should put forward their own program of action, for the increasingly anarchic, reactionary and violent bourgeoisie cannot sort anything out. There is an alternative to the present anti-peoplessystem. Shawgi Tell University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education [EMAIL PROTECTED]
