> A government can create full employment by creating jobs and forcing people to work. Why don't modern socialists support that? I am myself a politically acti

> A government can create full employment by creating jobs and forcing people to work. Why don't modern socialists support that? I am myself a politically active Marxist and we do say this, but we also understand that this isn’t going to happen. Keynesianism was not a sustainable solution. It only bought time. Ultimately states in capitalist societies are in service of capital. In the US, realize the 1970s financial overhaul, including the Bretton Woods System, was the capitalist response to the New Deal giving workers too much power. 1960s inflation hit the ruling class and they responded by brutalizing the economy. See: https://wtfhappenedin1971.com https://wtfhappenedin1971.com