Not until vast portions of the global economy fail and the residents of the 1st world start feeling the hunger and hardships the 3rd world has been feeling for a long time
In a lot of cases revolutions get started by one thing: hunger. People will mostly be to scared to lose what they have, even if it’s little, but hungry (real hunger, not just “I’m hungry, let’s eat”) people won’t care, because they have nothing to lose.
…Is it really?
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What’s a good primer, Das Kapital? I don’t mean to be glib, like I suppose its better know where we are in the plot.
Where do you think we are in the plot btw? Like what stage are we at and whats next?
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late capitalism - they are just finding out how far they can further fuck us, after fucking us all over.
What do you think that means for advanced highly developed 1st world nations with the extent of digital surveillance and centralized grids?
Like, how does everyone actually get off their phones and mobillize? Is French Revolution actually possible again?
Not until vast portions of the global economy fail and the residents of the 1st world start feeling the hunger and hardships the 3rd world has been feeling for a long time
In a lot of cases revolutions get started by one thing: hunger. People will mostly be to scared to lose what they have, even if it’s little, but hungry (real hunger, not just “I’m hungry, let’s eat”) people won’t care, because they have nothing to lose.
Marxism is the one thing that has given me hope for the future when everything now constantly looks so bleak.
Richard Wolff is who got me into Marxism personally.