Edward Luttwak je ta komentar napisal pred 25 leti (1994). Napovedal je, da bo globalni “turbocharged” in regulacije sproščen kapitalizem v svojem hitrem “napredku” uničil socialno tkivo družbe in povzročil družbeno krizo identitete. Ker te krize identitete v svojem kolaboracionizmu s kapitalom ne bosta uspela pokriti niti zmerna levica niti zmerna desnica, jo bo zapolnila stranka, ki bo kot odgovor ponudila nacionalno identiteto v socialnem kontekstu. Drugače rečeno, naraščajoči val političnega ekstremizma, ki smo mu priča po krizi iz 2008, je val fašizma na pohodu, kot ga je napovedal Luttwak. In smo šele na začetku tega vala.
That capitalism unobstructed by public regulations, cartels, monopolies, oligopolies, effective trade unions, cultural inhibitions or kinship obligations is the ultimate engine of economic growth is an old-hat truth now disputed only by a few cryogenically-preserved Gosplan enthusiasts and a fair number of poorly-paid Anglo-Saxon academics. That the capitalist engine achieves growth as well as it does because its relentless competition destroys old structures and methods, thus allowing more efficient structures and methods to rise in their place, is the most famous bit of Schumpeteriana, even better-known than the amorous escapades of the former University of Czernowitz professor.
And, finally, that structural change can inflict more disruption on working lives, firms, entire industries and their localities than individuals can absorb, or the connective tissue of friendships, families, clans, elective groupings, neighbourhoods, villages, towns, cities or even nations can withstand, is another old-hat truth more easily recognised than Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft can be spelled.
…
In this situation, what does the moderate Right – mainstream US Republicans, British Tories and all their counterparts elsewhere – have to offer? Only more free trade and globalisation, more deregulation and structural change, thus more dislocation of lives and social relations. It is only mildly amusing that nowadays the standard Republican/Tory after-dinner speech is a two-part affair, in which part one celebrates the virtues of unimpeded competition and dynamic structural change, while part two mourns the decline of the family and community ‘values’ that were eroded precisely by the forces commended in part one.


You must be logged in to post a comment.