boredwivdrivin:
There is a contradiction between wanting to export workers rights TO workers in there own country …
And wanting to IMPORT those workers to enjoy those rights here .
Tony Benn might be an example ( altho i have no wish to debate him !!) of someone who did not want Britain to take over the world to further socialism .
The Indian Communist Party , and the tensions with Indian Communist Party (lenin/Marxist) is an example of tensions between internationalist/ purely nationalist socialist beliefs .
They may have formed military Alliances with Russia , but this was a counterweight to tensions (3 wars) with China . They were purely hindu nationalists in 50 years they held power (democratically) in eastern india . there is not 1 example of them acting internationally . they had no desire to .
Anyways , i was pointing out to gentleman above that Liberals (lib/lab and tory flavour liberals) have done far more damage to this country with their flip/flop philosophies than Socialism ever has .
Perhaps because socialism has not had the chance you could argue …
…but its Liberals who have in fact inflicted the wounds
Firstly you need to ditch the idea that ‘workers rights’ are mutually exclusive with Capitalism and can only be thought of as being the reserve of Socialism.
Then go a bit further in the realisation that the only thing that Socialism actually stands for is its own ideology based on everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.With the definition of ‘equal’ being the lowest common denominator and as I said being mutually exclusive with the idea of the nation state.
As for Benn,as I’ve said,like your own arguments,he reached the point where I was shortly before I saw the light and completely ditched the Socialist ideology in favour of Nationalism.IE every thing that you’ve described is the dawning realisation of Nationalist ideology over Socialist.Unfortunately some take longer to see the light in then ditching Socialism.Like so many others,in Benn’s case,unfortunately that was more than his lifetime.
In which case the questions you need to ask yourself is why would Nationalism not be considered as being conducive with workers rights,and would you have preferred to be a worker and union member,in 1960’s America,working under the Fordist Capitalist system.Or would you prefer to be a Russian or East European worker in the day or a Chinese worker now in 21st century China.Having taken the Socialist ideology to its logical conclusion ?.
As for the diversion of ‘Liberal’ like Hitler’s,Stalin’s and Mao’s etc version that is just another form of Socialism.While as I’ve said what we’re in now is the worst of all worlds combination of exploitative non Fordist Capitalism and Socialism in whatever form.
While sadly for the Nationalist side it looks like the Socialists are going to win this fight by silencing their opposition.In which case god help future generations of the indigenous population.

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And some have the nerve to call Chamberlain an appeaser.
