The need for Marxists to avoid romanticizing the lumpenproletariat—the social element that operates on the economy’s margins—is more urgent than ever. Because our class conflict is escalating amid the recent disruptions to U.S. hegemony, and the related economic breakdowns. Which means the ruling class is increasingly seeking to weaponize the lumpen against the working class cause, heightening the dangers of investing in the lumpen.
This article could have (should have) been simplified by removing so many meaningless phrases that merely recite something from a long, long distant past that is hardly relevant in today's conversations.
Yes, it is quite clear that there are criminal elements that can be recruited to combat labor, but not everyone who is homeless is a criminal. In fact, the criminal elements referred to are going to be relatively well-off because the Oligarchy will pay them. Think Black Water or for that matter "The Police".
The class-struggle has morphed into a conflict between the Oligarchy, "Deep State", Plutocracy, "Jewish Lobby" , which will do whatever it takes to maintain their position of extreme privilege, and "the rest of us" who are victims of American Imperialism and American Financialization.
This article could have (should have) been simplified by removing so many meaningless phrases that merely recite something from a long, long distant past that is hardly relevant in today's conversations.
Yes, it is quite clear that there are criminal elements that can be recruited to combat labor, but not everyone who is homeless is a criminal. In fact, the criminal elements referred to are going to be relatively well-off because the Oligarchy will pay them. Think Black Water or for that matter "The Police".
The class-struggle has morphed into a conflict between the Oligarchy, "Deep State", Plutocracy, "Jewish Lobby" , which will do whatever it takes to maintain their position of extreme privilege, and "the rest of us" who are victims of American Imperialism and American Financialization.