Yeah it did all those things when it was young and full of possibilities for exploitation, but that isn't the same material conditions anymore. The soda machine is running out of syrup as Matt put it.
People have been saying that for as long as capitalism has existed, lol. Smarter people than Matt christman. Lenin and most of the Bolsheviks thought the world was on the verge of socialist revolution and that they were just the tip of the spear.
But yes it does seem like the contradictions will spiral out of control in our lifetime. Climate change alone assures that.
Yeah it did all those things when it was young and full of possibilities for exploitation, but that isn't the same material conditions anymore. The soda machine is running out of syrup as Matt put it.
People have been saying that for as long as capitalism has existed, lol. Smarter people than Matt christman. Lenin and most of the Bolsheviks thought the world was on the verge of socialist revolution and that they were just the tip of the spear.
But yes it does seem like the contradictions will spiral out of control in our lifetime. Climate change alone assures that.
Yeah but the capital that was accumulated was destroyed by war. Unless we manage to have a world war without nukes the contradictions are unstoppable