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Cheese Sandwich

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2. I don't think there's one right answer
Sun May 15, 2016, 11:19 AM
May 2016

We can learn something from Mr. Varoufakis I think. That being that electing a government is not enough because all the underlying structure of the economy and institutions is still the same. It's very difficult or impossible for any elected government to relieve the forms of oppression when the oppression is built into the structure of the system. Sure yes we do need politics but we also should focus on changing the underlying structures at the same time. This means working for more democratic control in our local communities and workplaces, getting democratic control of the material structure of production and distribution at a very physical level, organized in a very democratic way so then when we do elect people like Mr Varoufakis they will have the material support to reject the threats of the capitalists when they threaten to cut off vital services. There's no magic answer to this though. You can try Gar Alperovitz. He has decent ideas about how we might be able to transition to a post capitalist economy.

https://www.google.com/#q=gar+alperovitz+next+american+revolution&tbm=vid

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