▲ 176 ▼ While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by banneryear1868@lemmy.world to c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] machines_for_more@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) What beautiful words, wish his optimism was more true. Reality seems capitalism was able to crush his vision of the future. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago There's still many that share this vision, but I think the neoliberal consensus did the most damage to it in the broad culture. The conflicts within the movement in the 1910s as well, petty in light of present day circumstance. The book Capitalist Realism is about this idea that there's no alternative to capitalism. In the US the major parties definitely don't cater to left ideas anymore, there's only a few Democrats who've managed to get elected that purport socialist sympathies. I think Sanders has a picture of Debs in his office. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world [S] 4 points 2 years ago There's still many that share this vision, but I think the neoliberal consensus did the most damage to it in the broad culture. The conflicts within the movement in the 1910s as well, petty in light of present day circumstance. The book Capitalist Realism is about this idea that there's no alternative to capitalism. In the US the major parties definitely don't cater to left ideas anymore, there's only a few Democrats who've managed to get elected that purport socialist sympathies. I think Sanders has a picture of Debs in his office. permalink fedilink source parent
