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devotech2 on scored.co
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Feudalism/mercantilism became bloated and corrupted in every situation. It was unable to handle industry, always. Thus, you had events like the French revolution, or the English Civil War, or, much later, the xinhai revolt. Jews did not even need to be particularly involved for this to happen. No jews were behind the English Civil War, very few were active in the French revolution (robespierre was a bona-fide frenchman), none were involved in xinhai. It's simply a fact that if the current order is unable to keep with the times, it will be disposed of by force. You can keep the monarch. Provided they don't have head-in-ass syndrome. Indeed, you can have a situation like the meiji restoration where the monarch *was* the one to kill off the aristocracy, but feudalism as a system cannot function in an industrial society. It has never once been able to, there is not a single exception.
So too, it is also true, that capitalism was slated to become inherently bloated and corrupt like the system it replaced whenever industry advanced to a point where the bourgeoisie would be, and still is, absolutely untouchable, unbeholden to any responsibilities, and hostile towards their consumers. Just like, again, the exact same people their spiritual predecessors fought against in the French revolution, et al.
Marx was correct about the evolution of systems and how economic power transferred through history. The proof that he was correct can be seen by simply observing history. His solution, however, is poison. But there are alternatives to his ideas and capitalism. Even leninist style socialism can be applied decently if the nebulous international aspect is removed, though I wouldn't recommend it. Corporatism exists, so there's a start
So too, it is also true, that capitalism was slated to become inherently bloated and corrupt like the system it replaced whenever industry advanced to a point where the bourgeoisie would be, and still is, absolutely untouchable, unbeholden to any responsibilities, and hostile towards their consumers. Just like, again, the exact same people their spiritual predecessors fought against in the French revolution, et al.
Marx was correct about the evolution of systems and how economic power transferred through history. The proof that he was correct can be seen by simply observing history. His solution, however, is poison. But there are alternatives to his ideas and capitalism. Even leninist style socialism can be applied decently if the nebulous international aspect is removed, though I wouldn't recommend it. Corporatism exists, so there's a start