The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Classic-Xer]

(02-23-2021, 01:10 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(02-23-2021, 12:10 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(02-22-2021, 09:15 PM)Einzige Wrote:

(02-22-2021, 09:10 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: Discussing capitalism with Einzige on the partisan divide page. Does that mean Marxism is one side of the divide now? (I know the Republicans and Classic Xer say so.....)

Communism is - slowly - becoming a power unto itself again, against both capitalist liberalism and conservatism.

The division of wealth is rising to the top of flaws in the culture that must be addressed.  Not yet, but soon, as the turnings turn.  The problem that Marx foresaw will eventually be acted on.  But by that time violent revolution will not be the dominant way that democracies change the culture.  That is so Industrial Age.  When Marx's great problem is finally addressed, it will not be by the method that Marx predicted.

I certainly agree.  We're moving inexorably away from the true labor value of goods and services that Marx leaned on as justification for his theories, because human labor is being displaced by machines.  Project a saeculum into the future.  Is there any doubt that the only human labor needed will be limited to innovation and the arts. The rest will be provided as a form of recreation -- someway to wile away the day and make our progeny feel good about themselves.

Labor is mainly being displaced by foreign trade policies and machines to a lesser extent. Are you getting rich off doing business with China? Are you kicking back and living of a dividend check or stocks associated with Chinese trade or getting a kick back for use of ports or a political kick back to ensure lopsided trade deals remain in place?