''Means of production has been destroyed on a monstrous scale. Millions of able workers, the finest and strongest sons of the working class, slaughtered. Awaiting the survivors' return stands the leering of unemployment. Famine and disease threaten to sap the strength of the people at its root''.
In my opinion I think this passage means that business decreased because of the war that was taking place. The people that were apart of the working were murdered and the people that did live they were left without a job due to the economy. A lot of people became sick due to lack of resources.
This passage relates to todays politics because some of the similar situations that take place when there is war occurs now. Many times when we experience wars our economy suffers a great deal because of the amount of money we have to put into funding the war. And when some of our soldiers return they are unemployed and cant relieve help.
I agree with you that it relates to the current Gulf War. Many of our soldiers are coming back missing a limb. This decreases the number of working people we need to keep social services such as Social Security afloat. Without these social services many people are unable to stay afloat which increases the economical recession.
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