The example cited was that most people don’t have time to organize or read or care about the state of the world. For example, the recent american BLM protests only occurred around the covid times, potentially due to people having more time.
The example cited was that most people don’t have time to organize or read or care about the state of the world. For example, the recent american BLM protests only occurred around the covid times, potentially due to people having more time.
There hasn’t been any period in the US past the 1950s where people haven’t protested against police brutality, or any number of other issues.
People in the global south, like in India for example, have much stronger and more successful communist movements, yet are worked much harder and for longer hours than imperial core workers. So no, its not the 40 hour work week that’s the limiting factor in building class consciousness and revolutionary organizations.
Wow I am certainly impressed by india. How do they organize so well compared to the west? I would be under the impression that they wouldn’t be able to access as much material online either.
Because the primary contradiction in the world today, is imperialism, or the inequality between rich and poor nations and the extraction of surplus value created by super-exploited low wage proles in the global south. Imperial core countries successfully exported most class struggle there, so working class conciousness is naturally higher there.
In the US, people have the luxury to go “ideology shopping”, because their political beliefs aren’t dictated by their material conditions, choosing one or the other won’t affect their lives… contrast that with India or Bangladesh, where building and establishing communism is a life and death imperative.