[Marxism] Importance of the Rust Belt for Revolution

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The Strategic Importance of the Rust Belt for Revolution 
 
It has been said that what the bourgeoisie produces above all are its own  
gravediggers. This means that the bourgeoisie, in its never-ending drive to  
maximize profits, is forced to constantly revolutionize the productive 
forces,  and along with them, the whole relations of society. The entire 
process 
creates  a new class whose very survival depends on overthrowing the old 
order and  creating a new society where the interests of the immense majority 
are met. 
 
This process is underway. Economic revolution, brought on by advanced  
electronic technologies is permanently shattering the historic connection  
between the workers and the capitalists. As this process makes its way through  
society, not all at once, but in stages, ever-broadening sections of the 
workers  are thrown into the ranks of a new class. It is not simply the growth 
of poverty  that is significant today. It is that this destruction is 
beginning to penetrate  the vast "middle" in American society â that sector 
that 
has up to now been the  faithful guard and stable base of the capitalist 
system. For revolutionaries,  the driving into destitution of these millions is 
of strategic importance. The  process sets the stage for political 
polarization, the separation in thinking of  the people from their rulers, and 
the 
opportunity for a conscious revolutionary  movement. 
 
The Rust Belt region â âthe industrial heartland of Americaâ â has the  
largest concentration of these dispossessed workers in the U.S. Historically, 
 they have been the pillars of strength of capitalism. But, today, these 
workers,  once well taken care of by the capitalists, are being discarded by 
the class to  which they have given their loyalty. Because they once had good 
jobs, owned  property, are educated and know organization, they have the 
capacity to put up a  fight. Their actions will determine the political 
direction of society.  Revolutionaries must influence their consciousness to 
insure that the process  unfolds in the interests of humanity. 
 
This article will look at the strategic considerations that make this  
strata of workers key to revolution and what this means today for  
revolutionaries. 
 
Evolution of the Rust Belt 
 
An economic and historical understanding of the central role this region  
has played in the economy explains why it continues to be of strategic  
importance to the future.
 
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