2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How to spot a threat to Democracy: Bernie Sanders and Philip K. Dick on radicalism and revolt [View all]AOR
(692 posts)because that was your only out in proclaiming such utter and complete unhistorical nonsense. First off... Al Gore is nothing more than a mouthpiece for big business and the ruling class and has never been anything else. That you view capitalism as the "end of history" and the only possible human social relations that can "restore humanity" is an absurdity so disconnected from the material reality of human civilization that it's not even worth addressing.
Second...the idea that there is a new capitalism that is not based on the exploitation and expropriation of the working class is beyond laughable. In tribute to your username it's certainly an idea of "Utopian" Fantasy. Unfortunately... it's not an idea that's "Leftist" in any, way, shape or form. The history of capitalist social relations and the facts on the ground -throughout that history - are crystal clear and the verdict is in. Hundreds of millions of lives destroyed through death, abject poverty, wars and the rest all brought about by the capitalist death machine.
The supporters of capitalism - no matter how they couch their feel good platitudes and language - are supporters of the criminal theft of labor. No amount of crumbs, "reforms", and "minimum wages" thrown to the workers can EVER compensate for the CRIMINAL THEFT that is wage-slavery.
Despite your protestations there is not a "leftist" of any stripe that exists that would make the absurd statements you have made in your post. Your post is liberal tripe and that's giving it more credit than it deserves. I'm not even sure the liberals would proclaim such absurdity as "facts."