:15:02
without the support
of the people or the union.
:15:07
There's no lesson to learn from this.
:15:10
Seriously, what's "class struggle"
got to do with all this?
:15:14
You're still using
a 19th-century vocabulary.
:15:19
The glaring injustices
of Marx' and Engels' day are over.
:15:25
What do you mean, "power"?
:15:27
The past 25 years
have dashed the hopes
:15:31
of many Marxist-influenced philosophers
who criticized consumer society.
:15:36
The last 15 years have proved
:15:39
that Marxism and collectivism
certainly don't protect you
:15:45
from exploitation and alienation.
:15:52
Look at the USSR
and the people's democracies.
:15:55
I don't think the word "revolution"
has meaning anymore.
:16:01
The industrialized countries have increased
their overall and per capita income
:16:06
more in the last 25 years
than they did from 1900 to 1945.
:16:11
Workers and employees in general
:16:14
have played an important role,
without acting as a class
:16:18
or being exclusionary.
:16:21
This is a time of evolution/revolution.
:16:24
Classes are now cooperating
with each other
:16:29
to build an urban, industrial society
:16:32
motivated by a quest for progress
:16:37
that is tangible and ongoing.
:16:39
Most people are free from daily needs
:16:45
and the resignation
engendered by half-baked beliefs.
:16:49
I'm not denying
that our society has drawbacks.
:16:54
The hard work and aggressiveness
that accompany the drive for efficiency
:16:59
risk dehumanizing everyone
and destroying the weaker among us.