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هل هم أغنياء لأنهم أذكياء؟
«هل هم أغنياء لأنهم أذكياء ؟ » كتاب يسلّط الضوء على حالة اللامساواة الحادّة والسائدة في الولايات المتّحدة الأميركيّة والنزاعات التي نتجت عنها في ظلّ التزايد البطيء للكساد العالمي.
إنه كتاب يفصل المبررات التي تقدمها طبقة من المحترفين ذوي الأجر المرتفع، والتي لا تصبُّ إلا في مصالحهم الذاتيّة. هم من يخولهم علمهم و«ألمعيتهم» تنظيمَ حياة الطبقة العاملة التي لا تُعتبر أهل ثقةٍ في ما يتعلّق بمعرفة مصلحتها الشخصية.
وعلى حد قول سكرتير الحزب الاشتراكي «جاك بارنز»، «في المعارك القادمة التي سيفرضها علينا الحكام الرأسماليون، سنبدأ نحن العمّالُ بتغيير وتبديل نظرتنا إلى الحياة والعمل ونظرتنا إلى بعضنا البعض. وعندها فقط، سنكتشف ما الذي نستحقه فعلاً وعندها فقط سنعلمُ ما الذي بوسعنا أن نكونه في المستقبل».
إنه كتاب يفصل المبررات التي تقدمها طبقة من المحترفين ذوي الأجر المرتفع، والتي لا تصبُّ إلا في مصالحهم الذاتيّة. هم من يخولهم علمهم و«ألمعيتهم» تنظيمَ حياة الطبقة العاملة التي لا تُعتبر أهل ثقةٍ في ما يتعلّق بمعرفة مصلحتها الشخصية.
وعلى حد قول سكرتير الحزب الاشتراكي «جاك بارنز»، «في المعارك القادمة التي سيفرضها علينا الحكام الرأسماليون، سنبدأ نحن العمّالُ بتغيير وتبديل نظرتنا إلى الحياة والعمل ونظرتنا إلى بعضنا البعض. وعندها فقط، سنكتشف ما الذي نستحقه فعلاً وعندها فقط سنعلمُ ما الذي بوسعنا أن نكونه في المستقبل».
128 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2021
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January 3, 2018
امان از ترجمه
July 7, 2019
Good lesson for mid class workers
July 29, 2026
هراء شيوعي
October 24, 2021
white man’s communism
November 9, 2025
Or Are They ‘Smart’ Because They’re Rich?
This simple question is always at the heart of politics, but more so today, because I believe that liberals and the “left” have become far more elitist than conservatives. All of the Wokery, cancel culture, identity politics, critical race theory, “gender” change, and other “political correctness” are not about fighting racism and sexism—they can’t be because they think these things are in people’s heads, not material conditions. They’re about proving one better than others, which is central to capitalist politics and culture. People in these circles are rating themselves and others by how victimized they are. But they’re all middle class, and none of them know what real oppression is. And they glorify victimhood, rather than organizing to fight against it. The #MeToo “movement” was an example of this, and a very dangerous one, since it eats away at what little is left of the concept of “innocent until proven guilty.”
I also suggest Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity: The Long View of History. And The Clintons' Anti-working-class Record: Why Washington Hates Working People.
The liberal response to the election of Donald Trump was hysterical. The idea that all the people who voted for him did so because they were racist was absurd. Did everyone who voted for Hillary Clinton want a new war? Many who voted for him had voted once or even twice for Obama, but they live in areas where the lifespan is falling, people don’t have jobs, many get addicted to painkillers because life is so miserable … that they couldn’t conceive of voting for the status quo.
Middle class liberals not only don’t suffer under these conditions, and they don’t know anyone who does. The cultural class gap is widening, and they won’t even consider talking to someone who voted for Trump—They applaud when such people are assaulted. They don’t support free speech; they want protection for themselves and those in their bubbles against “microaggression.” And worst of all, they hate the working class who they consider responsible for everything backward, and they condemn all white workers as “privileged” despite the fact that they themselves are far more privileged!
These are three essays by Socialist Workers Party leader Jack Barnes that were originally written for different purposes, but they fit together perfectly as an argument that this country needs to be ruled by a better class of people—the working class.
This simple question is always at the heart of politics, but more so today, because I believe that liberals and the “left” have become far more elitist than conservatives. All of the Wokery, cancel culture, identity politics, critical race theory, “gender” change, and other “political correctness” are not about fighting racism and sexism—they can’t be because they think these things are in people’s heads, not material conditions. They’re about proving one better than others, which is central to capitalist politics and culture. People in these circles are rating themselves and others by how victimized they are. But they’re all middle class, and none of them know what real oppression is. And they glorify victimhood, rather than organizing to fight against it. The #MeToo “movement” was an example of this, and a very dangerous one, since it eats away at what little is left of the concept of “innocent until proven guilty.”
I also suggest Labor, Nature, and the Evolution of Humanity: The Long View of History. And The Clintons' Anti-working-class Record: Why Washington Hates Working People.
The liberal response to the election of Donald Trump was hysterical. The idea that all the people who voted for him did so because they were racist was absurd. Did everyone who voted for Hillary Clinton want a new war? Many who voted for him had voted once or even twice for Obama, but they live in areas where the lifespan is falling, people don’t have jobs, many get addicted to painkillers because life is so miserable … that they couldn’t conceive of voting for the status quo.
Middle class liberals not only don’t suffer under these conditions, and they don’t know anyone who does. The cultural class gap is widening, and they won’t even consider talking to someone who voted for Trump—They applaud when such people are assaulted. They don’t support free speech; they want protection for themselves and those in their bubbles against “microaggression.” And worst of all, they hate the working class who they consider responsible for everything backward, and they condemn all white workers as “privileged” despite the fact that they themselves are far more privileged!
These are three essays by Socialist Workers Party leader Jack Barnes that were originally written for different purposes, but they fit together perfectly as an argument that this country needs to be ruled by a better class of people—the working class.
March 9, 2020
Compré este libro corto en una feria de libros (Chicago Lit Fest) hace seis meses. Primero, quiero aclarar que yo soy más izquierdista que conservador, pero lo he leído, y puedo decir que es algo aburrido, con el autor recorriendo los mismos temas izquierdistas y cansados. Hay un buen argumento o dos, pero más que nada, el autor no parece ofrecer soluciones concretas en cuanto a la batalla de clases sociales en los Estados Unidos.
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