• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    What relevance does this have to James Carville?

    Worth noting almost the totality of the increase of productivity from the late 1970s- present are tied to technological improvements in the factory. The worker hasnā€™t become more productive the machines have which is why it is important for the workers to own the means of production as it avoids this payment issue.

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      24 hours ago

      The relevancy it has is his strategy was successful when the US was still riding on the coattails of the New Deal and Great Society and was still perceived as being relatively egalitarian. But as inequality and worker exploitation got worse and worse and worse and worse AND WORSE, electing third-way neoliberal fuckwads doesnā€™t work quite so well anymore!

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          23 hours ago

          The point is not that the problem started with Clinton (because it obviously didnā€™t); the point is that Clinton running on ā€œthird wayā€ neoliberalism was still a viable strategy because the effects werenā€™t being widely felt yet.

          • RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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            22 hours ago

            Which is also not true and doesnā€™t align with the economic history of the late 1970-early 1980s in the USA.

            Why do you keep misusing the term ā€œthird wayā€? Are you under the impression that neoliberalism and fascist economics are intertwined?