GEORGES MARCHAIS

In the latter half of the 20th century socialist thinking generally shifted from seeing Capitalism as the problem of society to viewing capitalism as a necessary component of modern democratic socialism. See {637821} as an example. The standard of living of all the workers depended in great part on the success of capitalism in the country. With that importance came more and more influence on government officials by capitalists. Many of the socialists and other left wingers frequently think the situation has gone too far, and it is the capitalists who are running the nation and not the citizens.

What is interesting about this quotation, is the author. This is a typical observation of a conservative politician, but here we have the head of the Communist Party of France extolling the importance of economic capitalistic growth. Intellectually, classic Marxist economic theory had become debunked even among many of the Communist leaders.

In the latter half of the 20th century socialist thinking generally shifted from seeing Capitalism as the problem of society to viewing capitalism as a necessary component of modern democratic socialism. See {637821} as an example. The standard of living of all the workers depended in great part on the success of capitalism in the country. With that importance came more and more influence on government officials by capitalists. Many of the socialists and other left wingers frequently think the situation has gone too far, and it is the capitalists who are running the nation and not the citizens.

What is interesting about this quotation, is the author. This is a typical observation of a conservative politician, but here we have the head of the Communist Party of France extolling the importance of economic capitalistic growth. Intellectually, classic Marxist economic theory had become debunked even among many of the Communist leaders.