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<blockquote data-quote="Bradskii" data-source="post: 77248204" data-attributes="member: 412388"><p>That depends which side of the ledger one finds oneself. If you read Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier about the conditions under which those in the UK were working prior to the Second World War then a workers' revolution was on the cards. You'd wonder why people in their right mind wouldn't want a change to the system. That's why they turned to socialism immediately post war. It's the <em>only</em> reason why workers revolt against the status quo - they are getting the very thin end of a large wedge. Luckily that overthrow was done via the ballot box, but it many cases that isn't an option.</p><p></p><p>And in a democratic society the system is self correcting. Swing too far towards socialist policies (as happened post war in the UK) and the pendulum swings the other way. But the policies that helped most of the working class, such as a National Health Service, remained.</p><p></p><p>But can a vote for a socialist party ever be described as a Marxist position? Can any vote for a party left of centre (which would have been described as conservative in the UK of the 50's) be described as Marxist? Can policies which propose some basic health benefits for those who would otherwise suffer be described as Marxist? Can any attempt to level the playing field when it comes to disadvanted minorities be described as Marxist? Of course not.</p><p></p><p>But that's what we see today: 'Marxism! Do you want this country turning into Venezuela!'</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bradskii, post: 77248204, member: 412388"] That depends which side of the ledger one finds oneself. If you read Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier about the conditions under which those in the UK were working prior to the Second World War then a workers' revolution was on the cards. You'd wonder why people in their right mind wouldn't want a change to the system. That's why they turned to socialism immediately post war. It's the [I]only[/I] reason why workers revolt against the status quo - they are getting the very thin end of a large wedge. Luckily that overthrow was done via the ballot box, but it many cases that isn't an option. And in a democratic society the system is self correcting. Swing too far towards socialist policies (as happened post war in the UK) and the pendulum swings the other way. But the policies that helped most of the working class, such as a National Health Service, remained. But can a vote for a socialist party ever be described as a Marxist position? Can any vote for a party left of centre (which would have been described as conservative in the UK of the 50's) be described as Marxist? Can policies which propose some basic health benefits for those who would otherwise suffer be described as Marxist? Can any attempt to level the playing field when it comes to disadvanted minorities be described as Marxist? Of course not. But that's what we see today: 'Marxism! Do you want this country turning into Venezuela!' [/QUOTE]
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