On the TPP: Socialism vs. Capitalism [View all]

On the TPP:

There is a reactionary revolution taking place ...
And I hate to use the terms together, but one is going on before our eyes. The last vestige of social cohesion will wither, ironically, right before us, collectively.

What we have here is no less than the international revolution of capitalism, borne from the ideas of Trotsky's international socialism. The capitalists, in their reactionary fervor, adapted, and revolutionized the world and organization from the top down. They ensured that the international proletariat would factionalize, and to cue the coup de grace, made it possible for international capitalists to find common cause. Capital can cross national boundaries, while labor remains isolated. There is solidarity, not of labor, but of the wealthy class. And so, top-down authoritarianism has won, and won, ironically, by a man who is pejoratively called a socialist.

It's actually quite brilliant ... If you're part of the owning class.

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