Sad, but this is what we get for losing a revolutionary labour movement.

All these old agreements are going to be stretched as thin as possible until we can boot the old labour aristocrats and inject class consciousness into a larger movement that excites the masses.

Another masterpiece! Thank you comrade, excellent material to meditate on, as always.

Now I have to research Glasnost and Perestroika. I do not have the fortitude to add Yeltsin (spit) or Gorbi (triple spit) to my reading list just yet.

Edit: I understand there was an insurrectionary effort against Yeltsin that was squashed, I wonder if there’s USSR parallels there with Trump’s increased measures and rhetoric against “organized crime”.

Love this.

I think all markers are that the west isn’t just risking sliding into obsolescence, but it is on the fast track to do so without any notable worker effort to organize or slow the collapse.

Trump’s efforts are dramatic, but my bet is they’re far too late to have the desired affect, so at what point will the proletariat take note of their trajectory and can China’s rise offer as motivating a factor for class consciousness as the USSR did?