Re: CPC, freedom of expression ( Re: Argentina: the "plan" of Cavallo has been unleashed)

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julio Huato wrote:

> Henry C.K. Liu <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >If that is the case, then there is no need for revolutions.  Capitalistic
> >democracy will lead us into socialism instead of being the main reactionary
> >force at this time of history.  This view also supports the idea that there
> >is
> >no need to resist capitalism in China.  I disassociate myself fundamentally
> >from
> >this liberal view.
>
> Can you elaborate on why democracy under capitalism is "the main reactionary
> force at this time of history"?

Capitalistic representative democracy has been designed to represent only
capitalism's special interest.  The laws and their interpretation are poised to
defend the very principles that socialism opposes: private property,
unemployment as a legitimate device to preserve the value of capital, etc.
In the US, less than 50% of the public vote and only those who are supportive of
the system vote.

At this moment of history, the "democratic" process  is a tool of the capitalist
establishment to legitimize itself.  At the height of absolute monarchy, the
public believed that monachyism was a natural law.  Now the public in the West
believe that capitalism is the only workable system.  The Western left is no
longer trying to overthrow capitalism.  It is only trying to ask for small
favors from the establishment, such as freedom of speech.

Henry C.K. Liu