Modern production systems, in which information technology plays an increasingly crucial role, are totally different from the large factory floors that characterized the birth of trade unionism and social democracy. The way much of GDP is now produced has made it significantly harder for the left to organize in traditional ways.
现代生产体系——信息技术在其中的作用越来越关键——与作为工联主义和社会民主诞生的特征的大工厂大相径庭。如今，大量GDP的产出方式让左翼以传统方式组织起来的难度大大增加了。这削弱了中左翼政党。