i.e. working-class power.
2006-06-29 10:40:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
history failed? you idiot...
2006-06-29 11:05:02 · update #1
Oh, the USSR was a perfectly failed attempt state run capitalism... just like the US is.
2006-06-29 11:06:08 · update #2
You stand in line for groceries here too...
2006-06-29 11:12:05 · update #3
Very much so, it has always seemed to me that the working class should have the power, the federal government should be a socialoist entity and capitolism should be relegated to the working class only. Business should not intertwine in the affairs of the state.
2006-06-29 10:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ken B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, let's get your terminology straight.
The concept of "ultimate power is derived from the masses" is a Marxist concept. Lenin just spoke out about it.
The 1% in the US that own 1/3rd of the wealth have no fear that the 99% that don't will ever rise up against them. They give just enough of a taste to where the middle class is satisfied with where they are at while the lower classes are held at bay with daily propaganda featuring god and patriotism.
So, no. I don't believe "working-class power" will happen in the US as it is now.
2006-06-29 18:00:42 · answer #2 · answered by BarronVonUnderbeiht 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha, unfortunately Vladimir Ilich failed just a little bit..... and Russia is still suffering from the scars of communism. "power to the people"- I agree. Power to the farmer masses- gotta disagree with Mr. Jefferson there.
2006-06-29 20:21:35 · answer #3 · answered by London 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Leninism takes away free agency. Besides I don't really want to have to stand in line to receive my state issued groceries I'd like to have choice thanks very much. Long live Capitalism.
2006-06-29 18:09:57 · answer #4 · answered by Ethan M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How'd that Soviet Union experiment turn out, BTW?
Marxism is subject to the same corruption of power as a free market democratic society.
2006-06-29 17:48:10 · answer #5 · answered by Mr. October 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe, just like history, that communism failed.
2006-06-29 17:42:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
galbraith said it best:
capitalism is the exploitation of man by man. communism is the exact opposite.
2006-06-29 17:56:38 · answer #7 · answered by marabierto1961 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glory be to ALLAH, the only Being who is capable to bring back the dead.
2006-06-29 17:44:31 · answer #8 · answered by Biomimetik 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
r u crazy?
2006-06-29 17:49:26 · answer #9 · answered by bear54 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋