[DAILYTIMES.PK] The impregnable American capitalism is under the mounting strain of a mass uprising.
| Not really. The mass uprising is very localized in certain city centers and such — the rest of us only see what shows up on the news and Twitter... for the small number connected to Twitter. |
The dawn of realisation has finally arrived. Democracy and commodity, the tools of capitalistic culture, are insufficient to gratify the needs of the masses. They have failed to maintain the hegemony of the dominant class and are, hence, falling apart. The subalterns living in ghettos are becoming the basis of revolt — if not revolution. Lacking organization and organic intellectuals, a revolution, for now, may not be the immediate option but the revolutionary upsurge has rocked the capitalistic boat. To stave off the crisis, the ruling class is running from the church to the bunkers, a scene rarely seen in modern times.
Will the subaltern movement be exhausted and crushed or will the balance of forces hold equilibrium giving some respite to the masses groaning under the capitalism’s knee is a question whose answer for now remains enigmatic; however, the impotence and vulnerability of the system lie exposed to the people. The bulwark of its invincibility was a sham; any suppression of the rebellion through massive coercion will not reverse the trend. The 9/11 of crumbling capitalism has struck the narcissistic ego of the bourgeoisie denting its confidence in being an impregnable force. "Once the liberty has went kaboom! in the soul of man," Sartre says, "the gods can do nothing against him."
Without acknowledging the anarchic nature of capitalism, certain quarters are terrified by the anarchic character of the movement as they watch the trend of incineration and destruction creeping in the struggle; violence breeds violence, it knows no other language. This is how the oppressed recreate themselves. Those dejected, devastated and destroyed do not pay tribute to their oppressors strangulating them; they raise the barricades and set the guillotines, in the meantime, history takes its course of carrying the old form to its grave.
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