[Marxism] YADL (Yet another disillusioned liberal)

[Mark Lause]

We'll see.  I think a historical materialist should see society as a
dynamic process, and avoid these faith-based generalizations about
what will always be the case and what will never happen....  Political
coalitions are never simple and homogeneous even if they usually
manage to pretend to be, and the facade becomes more difficult when
they're facing rough times.  Nor can I share the cynicism that the
voters who elected Obama are going to throw the same arguments at us
in four years if they don't have something to show for it....
Finally, there are immense upheavals in the works outside of the US
that are going to provide living models of movements that will weigh
more heavily than what is still pretty much talk here....

Nothing done now is going to resolve the economic collapse and that
means that much will have to be kept in play.

However, until we have some more concrete developments that might give
us a better indication of how dynamic or fluid the situation is or may
become.  Without that, having another go-around over these issues will
be about as useful as playing with a Ouija board.

ML