Yeah, he definitely mentions capital's attacks on transitional economic systems as a problem, seems to be pretty hopeful about the ability of the Chinese model to weather capitalist crises, and makes a point of saying that a new cold war would be bad. His argument is that simply reducing the outside pressure on transitional systems is not enough by itself--you also need to start dismantling employee/employer relationships. Bit of an early Bolshevik argument--the idea that we should "skip steps" and start doing communism sooner.
That said, it seems to me like the best change one can make in ones own life is to fight the fight that we all understand - our worker/employer relationships. It's something so direct that anyone can understand it (even without scary "communism") and it cripples capitalism, even if just by a tiny bit. My union has put a ton of pressure on leadership as of late, even issues that don't immediately concern us, like board members divesting from fossil fuels etc.
Just thinking from the perspective of praxis in my own life at least, and the life of the average American worker.
Yeah, he definitely mentions capital's attacks on transitional economic systems as a problem, seems to be pretty hopeful about the ability of the Chinese model to weather capitalist crises, and makes a point of saying that a new cold war would be bad. His argument is that simply reducing the outside pressure on transitional systems is not enough by itself--you also need to start dismantling employee/employer relationships. Bit of an early Bolshevik argument--the idea that we should "skip steps" and start doing communism sooner.
That said, it seems to me like the best change one can make in ones own life is to fight the fight that we all understand - our worker/employer relationships. It's something so direct that anyone can understand it (even without scary "communism") and it cripples capitalism, even if just by a tiny bit. My union has put a ton of pressure on leadership as of late, even issues that don't immediately concern us, like board members divesting from fossil fuels etc.
Just thinking from the perspective of praxis in my own life at least, and the life of the average American worker.