Re: social democracy & capitalism

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:12:11 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 > https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/18/is-20th-century-social-democracy-really-the-best-we-can-do/

This reminds me of the guy on Doug Henwood's show.  That guy was arguing
that it is the concept of competition which is at root of the problem, and
that capitalism is not related per-se to that problem.

The thing about fascism is that mentioning Nazism and "National Socialism"
just confuses the issue.  If we just stick to the word "fascism", I think
we're good.

"...that powerful capitalists would simply sit back and allow themselves
to be overthrown".  I think this is key.  I have been really amazed at how
adept Amazon and Google have been at crushing union movements and
maintaining worker discipline.

"If no social movement intervenes, capitalism has several more decades of
life and would likely be followed by something worse, in a world of
environmental disaster, rising seas and dwindling resources. Decades, not
centuries — the present path of humanity is
unsustainable."  I think Noami Klein would agree.