stuartw2112 wrote:Seems to me

[DJP]

stuartw2112 wrote:

Seems to me that they are part of an effort (a global effort, more successful in some places than others, depending on the level and militancy of such efforts) to impose the losses (inevitable devaluation) of the crisis more on the ruling class than on the working class. Good luck to them.

The point is if this is the ONLY thing they end up doing then they are wasting their time. Another crisis will come along and they’ll have to do it all over again. Further more, despite their aparant militancy, all they are doing is pandering to the state to make a petty change in its taxation laws. If they where to succeed, they will not have changed the underlying situation one jot. But when considering WHY this is the case it could be likely that some of them will end up at socialist type conclusion.So, all that can be done is to carry on a dialogue explaining that the only way to ultimately resolve the situation is to change the fundamental conditions that underlie it.In short, it’s the classic reform versus revolution argument again…