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i was just thinking more about a british left there. actually - if the future entails a return to manufacturing at home and less exporting, that means we will see a lot of more powerful trade union interests and a more powerful labour party. neo liberal london is all finance, so it is all smoke and mirrors, it could effectively go from being THE fucking unshakeable power base to some sort of dramatic loss of clout... it would shock and surprise us but it could happen.
what it comes down to is energy - the most important factor is energy -
basically the next ultimate test of capitalism comes when the oil runs out. does this "naturally" cause the market to switch to alternatives or not? this is the issue i am waiting to see about. if it is capitalism that makes the transition to other mostly renewable sources of energy/nuclear then that's me officially switching my allegiance to capitalism. you heard it here first lol. if the market can do this, then i do not care about messy and difficult socialist modernisation movements. i will just associate them with stalinist purges and ineffectual failed states.
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