The thing about the clown's abuse is its cowardice. Revol would never talk to anyone like this in real life - all his bones would be broken by now - but hides behind his keyboard. It's not an uncommon weakness.I think Blackred has a point on the NHS. It was set up primarily for the needs of the state and the development of state capitalism. It was based on the necessity for a reasonably healthy work and fighting force for capital. I tend to think in class terms and don't think that the working class ever fought for a NHS as such. However, the services, such as they are, are part of the social wage, are part of our wages, and as such should be fought for. The same goes for jobs and conditions of NHS workers. The danger is getting dragged into the "Defend the NHS" campaigns of the left and leftism, as Alf points out. It's the same thing as fighting for "Defend British Leyland", or defend nationalisation, defend this and defend that leftist stuff. There are real issues and struggles to be fought by workers involved and this is where the real issues lie. "defend the NHS" by itself is a trap for the working class.
Speaking of which, is anybody interested in my new campaign, "Defend unnecessary, ultra-leftist semantics"?
The thing about the clown's abuse is its cowardice. Revol would never talk to anyone like this in real life - all his bones would be broken by now - but hides behind his keyboard. It's not an uncommon weakness.
I think Blackred has a point on the NHS. It was set up primarily for the needs of the state and the development of state capitalism. It was based on the necessity for a reasonably healthy work and fighting force for capital. I tend to think in class terms and don't think that the working class ever fought for a NHS as such. However, the services, such as they are, are part of the social wage, are part of our wages, and as such should be fought for. The same goes for jobs and conditions of NHS workers. The danger is getting dragged into the "Defend the NHS" campaigns of the left and leftism, as Alf points out. It's the same thing as fighting for "Defend British Leyland", or defend nationalisation, defend this and defend that leftist stuff. There are real issues and struggles to be fought by workers involved and this is where the real issues lie. "defend the NHS" by itself is a trap for the working class.