"Slowly - painfully slowly - more women, black people, migrants and others previously excluded from political power and influence were accepted into, and integrated within the nation’s social, political and economic institutions.
My argument is that this widening of democratic inclusiveness always was and still is intolerable to the capitalist class. At this juncture... this extension of democratic power and influence poses a direct threat to the system."
https://annpettifor.substack.com/p/dont-be-fooled-they-lie-as-easily?r=nle0&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true