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[–] SpaceDogs@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He’s doing a lot of yapping for a guy that’s no longer Prime Minister. Does he want his job back?

[–] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

he hustling for an "advisor" job in a MIC company, if he doesn't already have one.

[–] 201dberg@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 6 months ago

We can only hope.

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 6 months ago
[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 26 points 6 months ago
[–] besbin@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 6 months ago

Don't you threaten me with a good time.

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

It's not "If", it's "When".

[–] aspensmonster@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 months ago
[–] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 21 points 6 months ago

it will be

No, it already is

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago

And whose fault might that be, Mr. "nah you got this, fight to the last man"?

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago

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[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

lmao boris johnson

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml -5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Doesn't matter. Capitalism hegemony isn't going away

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The rise of China and the fall of the West could pave the way to socialist movements in the Global South, don't you think?

[–] SugandeseDelegation@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 6 months ago

Even so, the presence of a capitalist world hegemon is the biggest factor stifling anti-capitalist movements at the moment.

Even if the end of US unipolarity leads eventually to unipolarity for another capitalist power, the transition period in between these two situations will have a higher revolutionary potential and can prevent another capitalist world hegemon from ever emerging.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 6 months ago

That would be true if everyone had this same defeatist attitude...

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Even Bloomberg admits that China will grow faster than the combined G7 over the next five years. The question isn't if capitalist hegemony will end, but when.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Your logic (and that of some other people who replied) lingers on the premise that China's "ascension" (for the lack of a better term) equals end of capitalist system. I disagree with that idea

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's just historical materialism. China is building up productive forces that are pushing the limits of capitalist relations of production. Those limits will inevitably be "burst asunder" so long as the planet is still habitable and capital refrains from a nuclear holocaust. As Samir Amin said, it's either socialism or barbarism.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Samir Amin said, it’s either socialism or barbarism

Wasn't it Rosa Luxemburg?

[–] chesmotorcycle@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago

Gah! Yes indeed, she said it well before Amin was born.