It's a bit of a shocker really. But after what happened with AIG last night, I can't stop to ask myself if the US is really not silently/unconsciously turning to communism. Not the communism instigated by Lenin, but really the communism as described by Marx.
What surprises me is that it's happening pretty much exactly as Marx predicted it would, except not with England or France but with the US, over 100 years later. Marx didn't see communism as a system forced upon the people by leaders like Lenin did, but rather as a logical new equilibrium following the downfall of capitalism.
It probably never happened in Europe because European nations are play it rather safe. So, there, the critical point where things become to slide as described by Marx was never reached.
Is it what's happening now in the US? Wouldn't that be the greatest touch of Irony mankind has ever known?
What surprises me is that it's happening pretty much exactly as Marx predicted it would, except not with England or France but with the US, over 100 years later. Marx didn't see communism as a system forced upon the people by leaders like Lenin did, but rather as a logical new equilibrium following the downfall of capitalism.
It probably never happened in Europe because European nations are play it rather safe. So, there, the critical point where things become to slide as described by Marx was never reached.
Is it what's happening now in the US? Wouldn't that be the greatest touch of Irony mankind has ever known?