Biden’s “democracy summit”–how Marx showed the fake character of capitalism’s concept of “human rights” — ̋ John Ross

Marx put it regarding the purely formal statements of capitalist/parliamentary democracy: “The state abolishes, in its own way, distinctions of birth, social rank, education, occupation, when it declares that birth, social rank, education, occupation, are non-political distinctions, when it proclaims, without regard to these distinction, that every member of the nation is an equal participant in national sovereignty.” But in reality, none of these real distinctions was removed: “Nevertheless, the state allows private property, education, occupation, to act in their way – i.e., as private property, as education, as occupation, and to exert the influence of their special nature. Far from abolishing these real distinctions, the state only exists on the presupposition of their existence.”…

"Democracy" and "rights" in name only. The supposed "freedom" is negative freedom, i.e., absence of constraint. But there is no guarantee of positive freedom of agency or consequence, as the data show. "Liberal democracy is an abstraction that should not be confused with reality, which tells a different story.

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Biden’s “democracy summit” – how Marx showed the fake character of capitalism’s concept of “human rights”
John Ross, Senior Fellow, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China

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