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Not sure how much of the above is based on outdated information. According to this, Japanese workers now work, on average, the same as those in the USA.
“And that’s why you haven’t been able to convince more than a relatively tiny handful of people in 120 years.”
FWIW, I think the vast majority of people who think that socialism is possible and necessary haven’t even heard of the SPGB. This isn’t something that was invented in a vacuum by some people in 1904.
My previous, backseat driver style, comment was just a suggestion that statements should be written more with an “imaginary objector” in mind.
And “historical materialism” just means that to understand something you need to take account of its historical context. But that’s a topic for another thread.
Who are these overly simplistic messages supposed to be for?
Obviously, I don’t think the conclusion is wrong, but this just looks like a description of war with the standard stock response “and the solution: socialism” pasted at the end.
It’s not going to convince anyone that isn’t already on board, and looks like lazy thinking to anyone on the outside.
I appreciate that it’s hard to get detailed messages across in a few words and sorry to sound like a grump. But I probably am!
That article has had an introductory statement added to it that includes this; “In light of the recent growth of revolutionary-sounding but anti-proletarian “Marxism,” and the continuing need to break with all post-Marx Marxists and reclaim the full legacy of Marx’s own Marxism.” I wonder why they include Mattick in this list of “post-Marxists”, but not Lenin, Trotsky, or by extension Dunayevskaya?
Ok, I guess “re-write” could suggest a mal intention. That’s not what I meant to suggest.
Maybe a brief history of the minimal/maximalism split would make a good short article? If not already done?
With regards to point 1. Yes it seems like an oversight to the current web design that all comments are not listed in a single place. How easy a fix that would be I don’t know. A job for someone else.
2. Yes, the impossibilist split certainly doesn’t go back to the first international. It’s important to be accurate and to not try to re-write history making everything a reference to our current favourite views. Especially when communicating to people we presume do not have a high level of previous knowledge.
“The term left wing became popular due to this pamphlet written by Lenin”
I think you’re giving Lenin too much credit here!
“Well, well – talk of the devil”
I thought Paddy did a good job and came across well. Most of the comments under the video say the same too.
“your homeland (i.e. where you were born and bred)”
So our bland conservative is also an ethnic nationalist. Guess that shouldn’t be too much of a surprise.
Some comradely advice: up your production values!
At least for the one talk I tried to listen to (The Howard Moss one) the sound quality sounded like it was recorded at the bottom of a swimming pool! If you want some up-to-date advice on cheap but high-quality recorders and lapel mics, I can be of service. Badly done stuff is not a good look.
“The Ukrainians are attempting to defend their homeland in much the same way most people would attempt to defend their homes (and loved ones) against an intruder.”
But states are not like households, this is exactly the niave view that leads to so bad thinking.
Neither can humanity cannot neatly be divided up into distinct “people’s” each with there own distinct and clearly definable patch of land.
Perhaps is Lizzie wants to offer something useful she can provide an argument as to why she thinks the opposite.
The only thing I can work out she has said on this forum so far amounts to “The way things are is the way they are, and therefore this is the only way they can be”. Some kind of bland conservatism.
Hopefully, my dumping of my YouTube viewing history here is of interest to someone. I think it’s good to try and keep tabs on what things are discussed in the wider ‘out-there’.
