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freshwest

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1. Organized working class, at first thought. But the Teapartiers are an organized working class.

Reply to El_Johns (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 02:25 AM

Jan 2014

And people want results, thus the appeal of fascism. Bad results for some, good for others.

Which has pretty much been the reason for the mixed results of the left = unionism in the USA.

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Historically, capitalism in protracted crisis without an organized Left generates fascism [View all] El_Johns Jan 2014 OP

Organized working class, at first thought. But the Teapartiers are an organized working class. freshwest Jan 2014 #1

Agreed. The working class can be organized to any number of ends. El_Johns Jan 2014 #2