Wait I’m intrigued that there’s a happy ending in the long run? I’m super ignorant in this area but like…have other countries we view as relatively socialist (Euro stuff?) gone through a similar process that the US is going through? Definitely looking for some optimism these days.
Europe isn’t Socialist, it’s Capitalist but more solidly focused on welfare. Just like the US (and Canada) though, they depend on massive exploitation of the global south. Marxists call this “Imperialism.” Imperialism is the highest, dying stage of Capitalism, where Capitalism cannot sustain itself internally and seeks external sources to prolong itself. Imperialism also causes the Imperialized to go against it, though, and because industrialized production largely gets shipped overseas, this leaves Imperialist countries in struggle.
Right now, Trump is trying to restart USian manufacturing, but it isn’t working. China is quickly overtaking it, because it is both a Socialist country and therefore can more effectively plan for the long term, and has a far larger industrial capacity.
The optimism is that it will likely get better after it gets worse. Imperialism needs to be killed, but in killing it we can move beyond financial dominance and into a collaborative, industrialized economy based on collective planning, ie Socialism. In short, revolution allows us to shift from a privately driven economy to a publicly driven economy, and this revolution becomes more likely as time goes on due to conditions worsening. Capitalism can’t save itself because it isn’t profitable to reindustrialize, due to an era of financial dominance, only a massive FDR style New Deal could delay this process, or people continuing to capitulate to the US Empire.
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It’s not gonna be pretty that’s for sure. It’s still better to know what’s coming than to just have it happen to you.
Wait I’m intrigued that there’s a happy ending in the long run? I’m super ignorant in this area but like…have other countries we view as relatively socialist (Euro stuff?) gone through a similar process that the US is going through? Definitely looking for some optimism these days.
Europe isn’t Socialist, it’s Capitalist but more solidly focused on welfare. Just like the US (and Canada) though, they depend on massive exploitation of the global south. Marxists call this “Imperialism.” Imperialism is the highest, dying stage of Capitalism, where Capitalism cannot sustain itself internally and seeks external sources to prolong itself. Imperialism also causes the Imperialized to go against it, though, and because industrialized production largely gets shipped overseas, this leaves Imperialist countries in struggle.
Right now, Trump is trying to restart USian manufacturing, but it isn’t working. China is quickly overtaking it, because it is both a Socialist country and therefore can more effectively plan for the long term, and has a far larger industrial capacity.
The optimism is that it will likely get better after it gets worse. Imperialism needs to be killed, but in killing it we can move beyond financial dominance and into a collaborative, industrialized economy based on collective planning, ie Socialism. In short, revolution allows us to shift from a privately driven economy to a publicly driven economy, and this revolution becomes more likely as time goes on due to conditions worsening. Capitalism can’t save itself because it isn’t profitable to reindustrialize, due to an era of financial dominance, only a massive FDR style New Deal could delay this process, or people continuing to capitulate to the US Empire.
Fuck it, shameless plug: check out my “Read Theory, Darn it!” introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list if you don’t know where to start but want to begin with theory.