Since taking office, obviously, trump has doubled down onnea liberalism. His is biggest legislative accomplishment to date is just the most standard rakin republican tax cut imaginable. And your argument is that as a result of that, maybe he has doubles down on his reactionary social politics in zenophobia. I mean, there is a big battle going on between a clinton ite wang and what you could call a sanders wing - i would say that the clintonite wing wants to reinstate progressive neo liberalism. That's such a devastatingly bad idea. All that does is recreate the conditions that created trump and s the way for future trumps, even more horrible trumps.
Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation requires from politics, care work, war-making, borders, appropriation of nature, sexism, racism, and more. Dan's 2018 interview from the archives.
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