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Sorry I just amended the last sentence
Snake oil salesman drops dead
The capitalist media is swamped with glowing comments about Alex Salmond, who seems to have failed to finish his last free lunch. What a ‘monumental figure’ (starmer) who ‘inspired a generation’ (swinney)! Socialists have a different view. Salmond was one of the main purveyors of a poisonous and indeed outdated nationalism. A flag-waver with, as far as we can tell, no significant capitalist interest to represent. His ‘legacy’, apart from having helped to perpetuate the myth that workers have common cause with the owners of the country in which they happen to be born, is merely his contribution to the erection at Holyrood of yet one more greasy pole to test the climbing skill of slimy politicians.By pure coincidence I am just about to submit this as a snippet
Snake oil salesman drops dead
The capitalist media is swamped with glowing comments about Alex Salmond, who seems to have failed to finish his last free lunch. What a ‘monumental figure’ (starmer) who ‘inspired a generation’ (swinney)! Socialists have a different view. Salmond was one of the main purveyors of a poisonous and indeed outdated nationalism. A flag-waver with, as far as we can tell, no significant capitalist interest to represent. His ‘legacy’, as someone who helped to perpetuate the myth that workers have common cause with the owners of the country in which they happen to be born, is as a contributor to the erection at Holyrood of yet one more greasy pole to test the climbing skill of slimy politicians.interesting to read that the “WEF points out that there is no mechanism in the capitalist system to control its excesses” (anyone on here know where he got that from?) Despite the promising headline, the author of course ends up by looking at the problem the wrong way up “Curtailing consumption is the conversation nobody wants to have”
Another well-meaning sort dazzled by capitalMaybe worth having this scumbag’s full acceptance speech for future ref….
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/jd-vance-accepts-republican-vice-presidential-nomination-215130693790
it’s 35 minutes….
and this is what passes for politics!Just had a quick look at the RCP response. Self-deluding Trots, as usual: “No wonder that support for revolution and communism are on the rise, as millions can see every day the horrors that the capitalist system creates, both in Gaza and elsewhere.”
If only this were trueJust read the Contra economia page – it’s obviously defunct now, which is a pity because it does give a pretty good account of our position
Very interesting
BTW the link was corrupted – this one should work:Thanks Alan, Great that she shares so many of our ideas, but this video promotes the idea of exchange between local producer communities (at 6 minutes 40 seconds) and there’s no discussion of how stuff that can’t be produced locally or on a small scale (steel or MRI scanners, for example). Seems a bit backwards looking to me. As he has read this and other stuff from the author, perhaps Cde Moss can shed some light on these 2 issues…
Just had a quick sdquint at this – of course she ends up with the argument that we need to get together with everyone seeking ‘justice’ etc. so we know where that leads nowhere. Have you thought about contacting her Alan – bet she hasn’t heard of us!
OK thanks both – will take your contributions back to the group so that we can bemuse on them. Any further contributions?
I forgot to add the link to the above piece – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-59371347
sorry that the text came out a bit garbled in my first post – must be due to formatting on the original webpage
