The left/right divide is a lot more serious in the Catalan parties than they Basques, because the PNV has sucked up much of the space for nationalist politics there. There's not a lot left (at least legally) for left nationalist parties, although Aralar has been hanging on. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
The problem with capitalism isn't exploitation, it's commodification. An ideology of economic growth starts to be questioned when that dissappears, and the truth of how much people and nature alike have been reduced to objects of exchange becomes clear.
They will seek to break free from that cage of being commodified, of being objects, and give their lives meaning. That can come through a rediscovery of society in social democracy. Or it can take the form of fascism. The difference. Is that the former supposes that all are equal, while the latter makes some hands to feed the head, and others simply alien to the body. And I'll give my consent to any government that does not deny a man a living wage-Billy Bragg
