On the Verge of Revolution?

Unlike the Americans, Mexicans aren't going to stand by while an election is stolen so obviously. Supporters of Obrador are turning to violence in Mexico City:

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Police in Mexico have erected steel barriers around the Congress building in the capital after fighting broke out with political demonstrators. Protesters had gathered to challenge the result of the presidential election but this was the first time since protests began that violence erupted.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4796689.stm

Mexico's problem isn't only the fraudulent election, but more and more communities are leaning more and more towards the way of the Zapatistas:

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OAXACA CITY, August 10, 2006: The government of Oaxaca has advised the public that it will arrest all the leaders of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) to “guarantee the safety” of the state, the Secretary of Public Security Lino Celaya Luria said yesterday.

http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article2007.html

The APPO is a civilian organized government which has rejected the "official" Oaxaca government. The conflict began over a teacher's union strike for a budget increse for their schools. What's Mexico's government's response?

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José Jiménez Colmenares, a mechanic by profession married to teacher, was shot in the street while participating in a march organized by the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO, by its Spanish initials) on August 10. Two others were wounded. At the front of the march the empty wheel chair belonging to German Mendoza Nube –the Union of Poor Campesinos founder and APPO leader who was arrested on August 9– was pushed, with his photo on the back of the chair.

http://www.narconews.com/Issue42/article2009.html

Abducting someone out of their wheel chair...? This isn't even the beginning of the human rights abuses committed by the fascist Mexican government.

Lets not forget the rebellion in Atenco a few months ago and the Zapatista rebellion years ago. It's only a matter of time until Mexico turns into a all-out revolution.

Capitalism Gimps Human Development

Undoubtedly many of today's jobs can be simply replaced by a machine. However, doing so would greatly reduce the consumer's buying power and therefore cause a disruption in the economy. Without these jobs, companies will be able to make their products cheaply, however they will eventually have nobody to sell them too. Therefore, under capitalism there will be very little development of machines capable of reducing human labor to an extent where it's barely needed. People must work 8+ hours in order to have enough money to not only survive, but keep the consumer economy running.

Yet, communism would allow for machines, as each and every person will receive everything they need irregardless of how much time they actually work. Overall labor time will be greatly reduced and therefore people will be free to enjoy their short time on earth.

To be clear, I'm not saying some people will work one hour and others will work eight hours. What I am saying is that there's a finite amount of work that needs to be done and that the population will share this work instead of everyone working 8 hours, even if their labor is not needed.