Guardian: Marxism on the Rise!

Conrad

rogerbarton wrote: »

The 99% of us in Britain are the victims of a giant swindle over the last 30 years or so. A swindle based on the false premise that encouraging the richest to produce wealth will benefit all of us.

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I was hearing this 25 years ago as a young teen. It seems to me wealth is much more evenly spread now, the super rich aside.

I can't imagine 2 nurses being able to earn the equivolent of £90 k between them back then yet I see exactly this now with for example new immigrant agency nurses that work quite long hours. Totaly averge normalised high income couples I see constantly.

Most one man band self employed people, reagrdless of Tax return numbers, make about £1500 per week on average as a take home which is about £100k pa in terms of employed equivolents and there are millions of such people.

A._Badger

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Re, the neo-liberalism discussion, it should also be pointed out that neo-liberalism is not the same as capitalism. Capitalism, regulated by democratic transparent governments is a good thing.

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Er, aren't you the genius who told us the EU was 'neo-liberalist' recently? ISTR the General pointed out the absurdity of that.

sabretoothtigger

Doesnt liberal mean two different things either side of the Atlantic.
I dont sign up to any of them, the less politics the better

ruggedtoast

Conrad wrote: »

I was hearing this 25 years ago as a young teen. It seems to me wealth is much more evenly spread now, the super rich aside.

I can't imagine 2 nurses being able to earn the equivolent of £90 k between them back then yet I see exactly this now with for example new immigrant agency nurses that work quite long hours. Totaly averge normalised high income couples I see constantly.

Most one man band self employed people, reagrdless of Tax return numbers, make about £1500 per week on average as a take home which is about £100k pa in terms of employed equivolents and there are millions of such people.

I'll have some of what you've been drinking. Not too much though.

sabretoothtigger

rogerbarton wrote: »

Big difference between socialism and communism...

ironically opposites often share similar properties

abaxas wrote: »

Big difference between capitalism and 'the thing we have now that doesnt have a name yet'.

Economic fascism was the best label Ive heard. Where business gains most advantage when favoured by government to an extent that unsurmounts normal competitive advantage


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_fascism
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