Marxism v Capitalism. Take two examples: Germany and Korea were both divided into a marxist and a capitalist half. As time went by, the differences in the economic conditions of the poor in both countries became stark. On the marxist side of Korea there has been mass starvation, the capitalist side prospered. On the marxist side of Germany, the average wage was lower than unemployment benefit on the capitalist side, the capitalist side prospered and a wall was built to stop people escaping from the marxist side. After the world's two most populous countries, China and India, permitted more capitalism in their countries, their economic performance suddenly surged. In every single country that has tried marxism, political oppression has taken place. People have been killed and imprisoned without trial. In the Soviet Union, China and Cambodia, millions died in the marxist holocaust. Political oppression has occurred in every single marxist country. [some of this paraphrased from an article in the Spectator]

Corbyn and McDonnell are both marxists, McDonnell had an article in teh Morning Star the other day, and their campaign manager was a member of the communist party until December of last year.

My take on Marx, loved A night at the Opera

Corbyn at Glastonbury...preaching to the converted as ever...young, naive people who see him as an elder sage cum messiah.

Fair play to him and whoever are his advisers - they seized the opportunity to plonk him at a youthful assembly which will give massive press coverage
and they all hooted and cheered at "free beer tomorrow , "soak the rich" and all the usual nonsense.

May, wrong-footed as ever, was paying homage to the military...worthy in my view but boring and fusty to his increasing youthful support. The PM looks increasingly lost and inept at every turn of the way...if Conservatives are to ever recover from disaster after disaster, she must be overturned.

Who knows what the future will bring.

Another financial crash could well see pressure for an alternative to a failed capitalist system.

In the event of financial disaster the people would want to rescue their free health care, education income support etc. which socialism has brought.

Our capitalism is simply exploitation by the very few of the many it has never brought any benefit to society only chronic debt for the many to pay for in an imaginary future.

We know damn well what the future would have been if Corbyn and his comrades had been elected into power.

Now go back to reading the 'Socialist Worker' etc etc.

And don't get me started on all the errant lies and 'Fake news' that went 'Viral' by the 'Placard' brigade.
Disgusting.

Edited by Willo (24 Jun 2017 11.36pm)