Everything you just named were social reforms. The level it brought us to was the 1960s and 70s. Hippies and Maoist adventurists. Nonsense running amuck. And for what? Look at today. Neoliberalism emerged from the corpse of social democracy, eating what remained and reverting the capitalist system back to the 1800s imperial era. This is the failure of the CPUSA first and foremost as if it were not for them, such clowns as the New Left never would have generated a crowd. They would have stayed with the hypothetical competent CPUSA.
I agree. They wasted our blood, sweat, and tears for false promises. Neoliberalism emerged from social democracy. Stagflation caused by the social reforms and the ever lowering rate of profit to create a crisis within capital. With the bourgeois still in power, and the working class weaker than ever thanks to the failure of the CPUSA the natural dialectical process led them to abandoning social reformation and pursuing endless profits as this is within their interests and capability. To believe a social policy brought on an economic change shows a profound lack of understanding of Marxist theory.
This is incorrect. The social reforms cost the capitalist class money which amounts to liquidity as well as having to share capital. When the recession in the 1970s occurred, the US was in debt it could not pay due to the social reforms it enforced during FDR’s time as well as the wars in Korea and Vietnam. When the dominos fell, our class came up short and the capitalists pushed through their “reforms” which did away with FDR’s new deal.
No of course not, the reaction to it wasn’t either to a large degree I’m willing to wager. Capitalists aren’t very good at making and sticking to plans. Their economic instincts revolve around opportunism and observation. Watching the market with fists full of cash, waiting for an opportunity, then pouncing.
Yeah they did a great job securing capitalism with social reforms, I’ll give them that. (Checks) yep, these chains are pretty tight. Good on them.
EDIT: Actually, that is giving them too much credit. The chains are now loose, they couldn’t even do that right.
They did not. It developed the struggle to a new level.
Everything you just named were social reforms. The level it brought us to was the 1960s and 70s. Hippies and Maoist adventurists. Nonsense running amuck. And for what? Look at today. Neoliberalism emerged from the corpse of social democracy, eating what remained and reverting the capitalist system back to the 1800s imperial era. This is the failure of the CPUSA first and foremost as if it were not for them, such clowns as the New Left never would have generated a crowd. They would have stayed with the hypothetical competent CPUSA.
Social reforms which were won with blood, sweat, and tears. Neoliberalism emerged from the 1950s Red Scare.
A Communist Party is supposed to fight for certain victories on the road to revolution; this is what they did.
I agree. They wasted our blood, sweat, and tears for false promises. Neoliberalism emerged from social democracy. Stagflation caused by the social reforms and the ever lowering rate of profit to create a crisis within capital. With the bourgeois still in power, and the working class weaker than ever thanks to the failure of the CPUSA the natural dialectical process led them to abandoning social reformation and pursuing endless profits as this is within their interests and capability. To believe a social policy brought on an economic change shows a profound lack of understanding of Marxist theory.
Neoliberalism emerged from anti-communism and the 1970s stagflation crisis as well. The social reforms were the only thing blocking the stagflation.
This is incorrect. The social reforms cost the capitalist class money which amounts to liquidity as well as having to share capital. When the recession in the 1970s occurred, the US was in debt it could not pay due to the social reforms it enforced during FDR’s time as well as the wars in Korea and Vietnam. When the dominos fell, our class came up short and the capitalists pushed through their “reforms” which did away with FDR’s new deal.
The recession of the 1970s wasn’t planned.
No of course not, the reaction to it wasn’t either to a large degree I’m willing to wager. Capitalists aren’t very good at making and sticking to plans. Their economic instincts revolve around opportunism and observation. Watching the market with fists full of cash, waiting for an opportunity, then pouncing.