Tuncay Gurhan The main problem of turkish (non existent) democracy is best expressed by Marx in 18. Brumaire of Luis Bonaparte, because in many ways the current problem of burgerliche society in regard to turkey, is very similar to the period between 1848 (revolutions) and following Bonapartism, there is the difficulty of functioning the a capitalist accumulation in an economy mainly runs on small businesses. A small business world requires a free (looking) competitive condition and desires to be the master of it. There is a temporal condition that links grow with state closely as the agent of capitalism a state certainly with global ambitions, relative to the strong competitive “internal” market, the akp regime is very similar even in its ambition of electing or erecting a sultan... , with "slight" changes of the text: “Thus the large mass of the Turkish nation is constituted by the simple addition of equal magnitudes—much as a bag with potatoes constitutes a potato-bag. In so far as millions of families live under economic conditions that separate their mode of life, their interests and their culture from those of the other classes, and that place them in an attitude hostile toward the latter, they constitute a class; in so far as there exists only a local connection through space or the amount of the money in markets (usually despite some periodical bankruptcies through IMF or other forms of borrowing from the black markets), among these small business and shops , a connection which the individuality and exclusiveness of their interests prevent from generating among them any unity of interest, national connections, and political organization, they do not constitute a class. Consequently, they are unable to assert their class interests in their own name, be it by a parliament or by convention. They cannot represent one another, they must themselves be represented. Their representative must at the same time appear as their master, as an authority over them, as an unlimited governmental power, that protects them from above, bestows rain and sunshine upon them. Accordingly, the political influence of the allotment ship owners finds its ultimate expression in an Executive power that subjugates the commonweal to its[…]”
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:25:02 +0000
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