The important thing to understand about the Supreme Court decision yesterday, is that it is completely unprecedented and unfounded. It breaks with the constitution and does not uphold it. This is bound up with what Lenin wrote, that when a certain point within the crisis of capitalism is reached, the ruling class will no longer be able to rule in the "old way." Essentially, capitalism is incompatible with democracy, and thus the ruling elite must do away with it to maintain their mode of production. To have democracy, we must have socialism. You cannot talk about one without the other. This decision is an attack on the working class, as noted in the perspective: "The attack on the right to vote is not fundamentally a racial issue. It is part of an assault on the democratic rights of the entire working class. Dozens of states in recent years have enacted voter ID laws and other anti-democratic provisions in a deliberate effort to make it harder for the poor, the elderly, and students to vote."
Posted on: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:09:03 +0000
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