Letter: Why Politics Matters

Dear Editor

We work through a Parliament or a Council to change things, so it is crucial to know whom the Members represent and why.

Throughout history there have been many changes in how society works – but not without struggle. Those resisting change stood to benefit from the old system: it is the same today.

The system of Capitalism under which we live is not a stable one; it exists in crisis, followed by a mini-boom, followed by another crisis. The result is unemployment, restricted wages for most people and cuts in public services of all kinds.

The system cannot be stable if the main aim of the owners of industries is private profit making; Capitalism as a system can no longer cope and poses a danger to all. It is time to be replaced by a Socialist sytem, where increasingly industry will operate for the benefit of all, not the few.

This means a struggle, as in the past, with those resisting change. The areas of struggle must be decided by the needs of the people. This will arouse the wrath of the resisters, taking many forms: diverting attention in various ways, pitting one section of people against another to disrupt unity of purpose nationally and internationally.

Throughout history there have been many changes in how society operates: the present society of Capitalism will change but must be replaced by a fairer system called Socialism – that operates for the benefit of ALL.

A.Delahoy

Silverknowes Gardens

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One thought on “Letter: Why Politics Matters”

  1. This is simply a reassertion of Marxist theory – which has been discredited over the last century and a half because the “inevitable” outcome has not, in fact, come to pass. What has changed over the last third century is that the proportion of productive output that has gone to profit has risen steadily while that which has gone to labour has fallen. Clearly there are limits to how far that can go – especially when welfare benefits, which might otherwise offset this, are being reduced at the same time.

    That is why the the sustainability of the capitalist system is now in doubt where it hasn’t previously been.

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