Re: World Party of Socialist Revolution (<sherrynstan@igc.org>)

[Mike Friedman <mikedf@xxxxxxxx>]

I don't think that "immiseration theory" holds water, at least not with
respect to the example you gave (although your "combination" is a good
qualifier). That white worker with his pickup, etc., may well rebel if his
future becomes uncertain, if the system begins to lose legitimacy, if other
sectors rebel, etc. That's exactly what happened toward the end of the
Vietnam war. By your argument, much of the world's population should
already have 'rebelled'.

Mike
At 07:50 AM 7/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
> criterion for rebellion is the willingness to fight.  No white male
> American worker who is driving an $20,000 pickup and a barbecue in the back
> yard is going to rebel.  Rebellion is high risk and always comes in
> response to a combination of misery, repression, and humiliation.  Figure


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