The bourgeoisie doesn't have many options for perpetuating indefinitely a system from which it is the sole beneficiary and which is based on the exploitation of human labor. In France and elsewhere, it primarily resorts to two methods: --- To prevent the gaps created by the "conquests" of the proletariat from widening, it strives to close them whenever the opportunity arises. This is the meaning behind all the deregulations implemented internationally in recent years.
To regain the offensive, it is pursuing an increasingly active repressive policy against all forms of protest-using the police, the judiciary, the army, censorship, and more as its weapons. In the streets, in the workplace, the hounds are unleashed!
But this repressive policy cannot, of course, function without the accompanying propaganda: the bourgeoisie must therefore also impose its ideological discourse. However, the weaker the resistance against it, the easier its task becomes.
In recent years, some rather striking shifts in opinion on a wide variety of subjects have demonstrated this. Two examples:
* During the 1950s, the government's choice of "all-electric" systems made electric heating sacrosanct in hastily constructed, makeshift homes. A few decades later, this "all-electric" approach was widely criticized in the name of necessary "energy savings"; and nuclear power, highly energy-intensive, became less popular due to successive disasters.
But recently, the skepticism surrounding electricity and nuclear power has dissipated under the influence of misleading state and partisan campaigns touting nuclear power as the ultimate "clean energy" and electricity as the miracle solution supposedly capable of resolving newly created problems: a war-torn context and climate change, both cleverly orchestrated by the nuclear establishment.
* During the 1950s, the government's choice of "all-electric" systems made it seem like the epitome of "clean energy," and electricity as the miracle solution meant to resolve supposedly new issues: a war-torn context and climate change, both cleverly orchestrated by nuclear power advocates.
* Participating in this disinformation campaign are environmentalists whose primary aim is to further their governmental ambitions by dissociating environmentalism from the fight against a system largely responsible for the geopolitical, economic, social, and climate situation. It is certainly more electorally advantageous to demand air conditioning for everyone than to denounce the exploitation of the vast majority of men and women by a minority.
But these deceitful state and partisan campaigns are bearing fruit: while the purchase of an electric car still encounters considerable reluctance due to its cost, the choice of electricity and nuclear power is no longer widely contested; and while government measures to promote electric vehicles (particularly the requirement to replace vehicles still in working order) are generating some discontent, this discontent primarily benefits the far right.
* The political movements that have distinguished themselves for over a century by their antisemitism have become the most ardent defenders of Israel. Indeed, for them, the Zionist state has at least the advantage of "beating up Arabs"-a practice they themselves have never hesitated to engage in.
Moreover, while these anti-Semites underwent a dramatic shift in their attitudes toward Israel, those who criticized and fought against the imperialist and colonialist policies pursued by Israel and other states were publicly labeled anti-Semites, even prosecuted.
Yet, while the systematic destruction of Gaza and the deliberate starvation of its population sparked outrage worldwide, only a few countries (such as the United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy) saw mobilizations commensurate with this indignation. Similarly, solidarity with anti-imperialists and anti-colonialists facing repression, and denunciation of maneuvers aimed at distorting the fight against Zionism (by conflating it with antisemitism, much to the delight of true antisemites), have remained very weak.
The weapon constantly used by the proponents of capitalism against the proletariat is fear.
Even if you're not the type to be afraid, hearing the constant refrain, through every channel of communication, that you are afraid, you might end up believing it. Fear of immigrants, of Black people, of rapists, of murderers, of pedophiles, etc. You are no longer safe, they keep telling you, but don't worry: the State is there to take care of it.
The left, of course, plays this Big Brother game, which can win votes, but so does a segment of the far left, as it offers them an opportunity to build a small base of loyal supporters.
For our part, we reject this game, which leads to whining for government assistance, and we prefer to see something other than the perpetual passivity we are constantly bombarded with in society.
In recent weeks, France has seen an increase in strikes: at the SNCF (French National Railway), in all hospital sectors, in urban transport, in the civil service, in the national education system... But also in sectors of the new working class: at Decathlon, in analytical laboratories, in teleworking (like Le Bon Coin), in social and medical services, in the cultural sector (like the Machines of Nantes), at Ubisoft video games, at the Louvre Museum - and even in the banking sector (Crédit Agricole).
So, let's leave pessimism for better days and try to widen the cracks in the established order!
OCL Poitou
https://oclibertaire.lautre.net/spip.php?article4742
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Source: A-infos-en@ainfos.ca
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