I'm surprised this thread only has one post in 2020. It's been one hell of a year and, from an American perspective, I feel like we're witnessing the slow-motion collapse of the neoliberal order. The country is facing multiple simultaneous crises: the opioid epidemic, radical polarization, the increasing wealth gap, and a total mismanagement of COVID-19. Although the working class bears the brunt of these crises and billionaires are coming ever-closer to becoming trillionaires, I think we're witnessing pretty momentous era for American politics. For one, I find Marx, Hegel and Engels to look more like geniuses by the day, and the foundations of both the Democratic and Republican parties are under extreme scrutiny. It seems practically every American has lost their faith in the democratic process (rightly so, imo) people are being radicalized in both directions (the fascists are out of the woodwork), and it really seems that Marx's conflict theory holds up.
Things are pretty dicey right now and will be for the foreseeable future, but, if we turn to Marx, this is all to be expected. Major conflict will likely be inevitable, but I think it is equally likely to result in progress. I believe this quote from Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci best describes my thoughts about right now:
"The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters."
I'm hoping to see this thread revived because, again, I think it's truly a bewildering time to be a leftist. I'd love to hear some of your guy's perspectives.