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socialist_n_TN

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1. Interesting, but Syriza is making "concilatory" noises to capitalism......
Fri Dec 12, 2014, 09:49 PM
Dec 2014

As is Podemos in Spain.

Although not historically surprising, it always brings a puzzled look to my brow when these hard left reformist parties gain clout with hard left rhetoric, then when they DO bring people around to their way of thinking and start getting a lot of support, they back off and begin accommodation to capitalism.

But then, that IS the nature of reformism. I suppose people have to go through reforms that WILL NOT WORK before they come to the inescapable conclusion that it's CAPITALISM that's the problem and the problem cannot be reformed, but must be smashed.

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Interesting, but Syriza is making "concilatory" noises to capitalism...... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #1
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Thank you and welcome to DU and to..... socialist_n_TN Dec 2014 #3
Remember mndemsocialist Dec 2014 #4
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