tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post6885205516924856692..comments2024-03-28T04:27:27.713-05:00Comments on May Day Books Blog: The Village AnarchistCoreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07629684440934461513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3358148998045555545.post-28839641710672046102013-07-12T05:56:41.880-05:002013-07-12T05:56:41.880-05:00'Unfortunately for Orlov, the working class ou...'Unfortunately for Orlov, the working class outnumbers the Pashtuns, the Roma and the Russian Mafia now and will, even after a financial, economic or political collapse. That is OUR mob. The possibility of world-wide global revolution is now more possible than it was even during Lenin’s time. It can result in a steady-state economy that is sustainable and is not based on chaotic markets or growth.'<br /><br />There's no 'steady-state economy' I'm aware of. Peak fossil fuel, galloping climate change, and soil depletion are going to cause a die-off in the human population. It's also disputable whether there is an 'our mob.' If there is group co-operation it seems to be along clan and ethnic lines rather than abstract 'worker brotherhood.' I've seen enough of 'class solidarity' at meetings at Mayday Books to realise not one person would give me a bed for the night were I to become homeless. So Orlov's advice resonates with me. I agree, though, that his examples have been chosen idiosyncratically. But again, his chapters on the gypsies and the Russian mafia I found insightful. Not so convinced by his chapters on Iceland and the Ik. AAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13242448989166177843noreply@blogger.com