Marvin wrote:
Yes, which is a major reason why private investment has now come to be regarded as a more "possible" means of generating growth than state ownership, even by popular movements which came to power avowing the radical redistribution of power and property. We can continue to disagree about whether the accomodations by the mass parties have been due to failures of leadership, as you contend, or to the unexpected historical resiliency of capitalism and extension of the universal franchise which have combined to perpetuate in the masses the belief it is within their power to progressively reform the existing system to improve their living conditions.
If this is a reference to Thabo Mbeki, I would say that it is simply a matter of embourgeoisification not fear of invasion, etc. -- www.marxmail.org
