[Marxism] Objective tendencies in capitalism today

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a certain sense, the "objective  conditions and tendencies" of capitalism 
are what the ruling class does, what the "economy" does, what the capitalist 
class does.  The working class' objective conditions are the ruling class'
 actions.  So, Lou Pro inferentially speaks to the issue of crisis developments 
in the objective conditions as reflected in Chris Hodges announcing that he is 
a socialist when Lou  quotes Marx and Engels in response to Hodges' 
announcement , quoting them that some of the bourgeoisie come over to the side 
of the working class in the class struggle ( like Marx and Engels did).

   There is something reminiscent of the 1848 " spectre" that  "haunt(ed) 
Europe" in all these faux socialisms suddenly "arising" in the US ; as in the 
campaign when McCain et. al. accused O of socialism ; and then the Wall Street 
bailout was termed "socialist" by the right-wing.  The bourgeois unconscious 
says "there _is_ an alternative". Hopefully, the next socialism will come as 
comedy ( a party of a new, new type) , not tragedy.

It's dialectical no doubt, that with the Soviet Union out of the way, America 
socialism can come out of the closet.

At this moment, that the financial oligarchy is bankrupt by its own accounting 
(!) Marxists must revisit Marx, Engels and Lenin's discussions of the 
_objective tendencies_ in capitalism toward socialism, the immanent 
contradictions. Time for the US left fellow travellers to ditch all the silly 
snickers about Marxist usages such as "objective conditions and tendencies", 
"objective forces" and the like.    There's a spectre haunting the US left: the 
Spectre of you know what.

In materialist order, objective conditions are leading subjective consciousness 
of the masses.

Charles



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