[Marxism] "Fundamental Challenge?" was 20,000 march on Jena

[Carrol Cox]

John Edmundson wrote:
> 
> It seems to me that the debate has been between:
> 
> a) people (Joaquin et al) who argue that the 60s was a pivotal time that
> may show us how a revolutionary moment might look or occur, and that we
> need to better understand how it emerged at a time of affluence and
> growth and
> 
> b) people (like Phil) who claim that the 60s was able to be contained
> because it didn't represent a fundamental challenge to capitalism, even
> though it did bring some very real and beneficial changes.
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Just what would constitute a "fundamental challenge to capitalism"? I
would deny meaning to the phrase -- there simply is no such thing or,
rather, _anything_ that sets masses of people in motion is such a
funamental challenge.

Carrol