but that’s just going to further radicalize the public
I think that, unfortunately, worker power doesn’t form as a reaction to bourgeois power, it stems from its crumbling. If the “worst rightwing regime=more revolution” was this simple then the whole West Germany debacle couldn’t have happened after Nazism. The US wouldn’t arm the worst military dictators but rather milquetoast socdems.
That said I share your optimism.
Leaving the EU would put Germany in a long term crisis of bourgeois economic power that could end up strengthening the worker’s aspirations. Just like the UK where the bourgeoisie shot itself in the foot with their reactionary nationalism combined with idiotic libertarian economics (because yeah they were complaining about EU regulations that are the only reason it’s not a shithole like the US)
I agree that revolution doesn’t just fall out from declining conditions on its own. Declining conditions create the potential because people start losing faith in the existing system and become open to fresh ideas. It’s the job of the communists to educate these people and set them on the right course. There will be a lot of hard work needed to build a principled worker movement in Germany.
I think that, unfortunately, worker power doesn’t form as a reaction to bourgeois power, it stems from its crumbling. If the “worst rightwing regime=more revolution” was this simple then the whole West Germany debacle couldn’t have happened after Nazism. The US wouldn’t arm the worst military dictators but rather milquetoast socdems.
That said I share your optimism.
Leaving the EU would put Germany in a long term crisis of bourgeois economic power that could end up strengthening the worker’s aspirations. Just like the UK where the bourgeoisie shot itself in the foot with their reactionary nationalism combined with idiotic libertarian economics (because yeah they were complaining about EU regulations that are the only reason it’s not a shithole like the US)
I agree that revolution doesn’t just fall out from declining conditions on its own. Declining conditions create the potential because people start losing faith in the existing system and become open to fresh ideas. It’s the job of the communists to educate these people and set them on the right course. There will be a lot of hard work needed to build a principled worker movement in Germany.