The political problem is to steer between a break so radical that we could scarcely recognise ourselves on the other side of it, SANDERS and AOC vision
and those utopian images (Trump and MAGA which mirror our desires only because they are bound to the present
Marx had a solution of sorts to Saders type dilemma, which went by the name of the proletariat.
For him, it was the working class that provided the vital bridge from present to future. It was both a current reality and the harbinger of a transformed society. The future could thus be seen as immanent in the present, which in Marx’s view was the only kind of future worth having. It guaranteed that socialism was feasible as well as desirable, thus avoiding the danger of falling ill of fruitless longing which was the US
eleectorates view of Sanders
sanders visions of what might transcend the current malaise is what made his ‘positive’ utopias so ideological
Even if socialism is as predestined as bird flu, there remains the problem of explaining why we should welcome it.
Perhaps socialist utopia will be ushered in by a return to the horse and cart, along with the bartering of vegetables for violin lessons.
and those utopian images (Trump and MAGA which mirror our desires only because they are bound to the present
Marx had a solution of sorts to Saders type dilemma, which went by the name of the proletariat.
For him, it was the working class that provided the vital bridge from present to future. It was both a current reality and the harbinger of a transformed society. The future could thus be seen as immanent in the present, which in Marx’s view was the only kind of future worth having. It guaranteed that socialism was feasible as well as desirable, thus avoiding the danger of falling ill of fruitless longing which was the US
eleectorates view of Sanders
sanders visions of what might transcend the current malaise is what made his ‘positive’ utopias so ideological
Even if socialism is as predestined as bird flu, there remains the problem of explaining why we should welcome it.
Perhaps socialist utopia will be ushered in by a return to the horse and cart, along with the bartering of vegetables for violin lessons.
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