Re: Hungary repudiates fascism, is India Next?

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On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 04:28 AM, hari kumar wrote:

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> I think the large middle class with its veneration of education is
> profoundly disillusioned...It will be uphill to rebuild, I think. It will
> happen but all hinges on how effectively an on-going apparatus can be
> built.

The combined effects of capital mobility and automation decimated the indus=
trial unions. The same now seems to threaten the public sector unions, with=
 their high percentage of workers with at least some post-secondary educati=
on. Protest activity has largely moved from concentrated action at the poin=
t of production to much less threatening sporadic demonstrations in public =
spaces.

What if AI and robotics have a net catastrophic effect on jobs, as many pre=
dict? Will the class struggle than shift even more decisively from the work=
place to the streets =C2=A0- over, for example, demands for a higher guaran=
teed annual income paid for by higher wealth taxes? If this does become the=
 new locus of class struggle, it will most certainly bring to the fore the =
question Hari poses of "how effectively an on-going apparatus can be built=
=E2=80=9D.

Whether such initial struggles for reform ultimately move in a revolutionar=
y direction will depend, as always, on whether the ruling class is wiling o=
r able to meet the fundamental needs of an increasingly desperate populatio=
n.


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<div>On Sat, Aug 1, 2026 at 04:28 AM, hari kumar wrote:</div>
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<blockquote>I think the large middle class with its veneration of education=
 is profoundly disillusioned...It will be uphill to rebuild, I think. It wi=
ll happen but all hinges on how effectively an on-going apparatus can be bu=
ilt.&nbsp;</blockquote>
The combined effects of capital mobility and automation decimated the indus=
trial unions. The same now seems to threaten the public sector unions, with=
 their high percentage of workers with at least some post-secondary educati=
on. Protest activity has largely moved from concentrated action at the poin=
t of production to much less threatening sporadic demonstrations in public =
spaces.&nbsp;<br /><br />What if AI and robotics have a net catastrophic ef=
fect on jobs, as many predict? Will the class struggle than shift even more=
 decisively from the workplace to the streets &nbsp;- over, for example, de=
mands for a higher guaranteed annual income paid for by higher wealth taxes=
? If this does become the new locus of class struggle, it will most certain=
ly bring to the fore the question Hari poses of "how effectively an on-goin=
g apparatus can be built&rdquo;.<br /><br />Whether such initial struggles =
for reform ultimately move in a revolutionary direction will depend, as alw=
ays, on whether the ruling class is wiling or able to meet the fundamental =
needs of an increasingly desperate population.</div>


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