tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post782187678675597452..comments2024-03-19T09:00:56.265+00:00Comments on All That Is Solid ...: SWP: The End is NighPhilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-659501213410165292013-02-17T13:03:36.050+00:002013-02-17T13:03:36.050+00:00Indeed. But while you could argue there was an ele...Indeed. But while you could argue there was an element of necessity in the authoritarian centralisation of the young Soviet state, such as the small matter of a civil war and foreign intervention, what excuse does the SWP have?Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06298147857234479278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4486641877026778105.post-61561127990006749852013-02-14T21:57:13.336+00:002013-02-14T21:57:13.336+00:00I believe that the (latest) crisis in the SWP thro...I believe that the (latest) crisis in the SWP throws into bold relief the major flaw in both their party and social vision, that of socialism. In both party and putative future state, centralization is key--operations of the party and planning by the state. It is precisely centralization which has created the parasitic, corrupt clique that sits astride the SWP...and would similarly bring about an historically familiar degeneration in the nation, were they to assume real power. Leninists don't like facing it, but this is the real matter, and it is obvious to those outside their cloister. Centralization destroys democracy, and draws to it the worst elements of any political milieu. Something about power corrupting, as I recall. Harry Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09781719361263171911noreply@blogger.com