Re: Stiglitz: a massive burden of debt visited on future generations

On May 9, 4:44=A0pm, Daniele Futtorovic
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> wrote:
> On 2008-05-09 20:01 +0100, Stephen R. Diamond allegedly wrote:
>
> > (I use the demand/task distinction differently. Abolition of the
family
> > is a revolutionary task, not a demand. This means you don't fight for
it=

> > directly; it is a byproduct. Daniele probably disagrees.
>
> Somewhat. It's more than a task, more than a by-product. But it's not
> necessarily a "demand" -- though it depends on what you mean by a
"demand"=
..
>
> It's certainly not a demand as f.i. higher wages are. Abolition of the
> family is not something you can demand from the government or any body
> of the current system. It's pointless to face a system with demands if
> fulfilling those demands would jeopardise that system itself.
>
> But it's more than a mere task in that it should be, IMO, strongly
> incor****ated into propaganda. It ought to be part of the program. For
> the fight against one's own family is something that goes about every
> day every second in the current world. And those who undertake this
> struggle (and more so those who win it) are at good deal more promising
> human material for a revolution than those who don't.
>
> --
> DF.

I would say "abolition of the family" in neither a 'demand' nor a
'task' but a consequence of the elimination of class rule based on
super-abundence. It is something that flows from the victory of
socialism on a world scale that unleashes human potential.

David