Before the financial crisis of 2008 it was widely assumed class politics was dead. The driving force of historical development under capitalism is conflict between different classes – and for a while class politics seemed to disappear. History did not end along with the fall of the Berlin Wall – a point Fukuyama now concedes – because class politics didn’t end. The reemergence of class politics is not a fad; it is a response to the material conditions created by the collapse of finance-led growth. Or, to paraphrase Bernie Sanders, there has been a class war in this country for a long time – it’s time the working class won it.

Source: The Guardian September 29, 2019 14:53 UTC