[Marxism] Winners and losers

[Julio Huato]

In his column, Paul Krugman deals with the alternatives facing the Third 
World.

Louis Proyect attacks him (and others) on the grounds that " they cannot 
accept [...] the proposition of an alternative to capitalism."  I wish Louis 
gave a clearer idea of what he means by this.

The fact is that no political proposal will fly in the Third World if it is 
not based on their fundamental problems -- the way they themselves perceive 
them.

People cannot tackle problems they don't see.  And they can only see 
problems whose solutions appear viable to them.  The tasks they see are the 
ones that will be attempted.

For more on this, please see my recent posting at:

http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w45/msg00335.htm

Julio

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