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sleazybunny · 06-02-2005, 03:25 AM

US right winger/conservatives, never cease to amaze me with their actions. Something like this would be considered satire or paradoy if it was fiction!!!
I don't know whether to laugh or be scared (I suppose laugh cuz I'm seperated by the Atlantic from you unfortunate US citizens who have to put up with it-but it still scares me people think like this)

How many have read any of those books?
I mean Das Kapital is HUGE. I was well into learning about Marxism years ago, read the Comm Manifesto (nice "pamphlet" size-ish), thought about looking at Das Kapital, saw how big each volume was, had a scan and decided I couldn't afford to concentrate for the amount of time it'd have taken me to read it...probably 6 months non-stop!
So if I was interested, and didn't read it, what's the chance they have?
Probably been "advised" to not like it.

As for On Liberty by Mill, when I studied that it talked a huge amount about individual freedom. I thought Republican/Conservatives were all for that, and I'm sure if they traced their policies back to fundamentals they'd see some coming from the ideas in that book.

Quote:
"Why do you hate America?

Questioning authority is the same as supporting the terrorists!"

Where did that come from?
No where near the same things. You must be trying to wind us up..surely..I hope so?? You can't be for real.

Quote from the website review of Comm Manifesto
"The Evil Empire of the Soviet Union put the Manifesto into practice."

With out going into too many finer points, it didn't. Communisum and what happened in the USSR , especially under Stalin, were not the same. No one has ever implemented pure Communism, closest thing you'd get to it is probably an Israeli Kibbutz or similar sort of commune.

And for any interested in Marx, history still hasn't completely proved him wrong yet. There's still the potential for capitalist societies that are very mature to eventually drive the workers to revolt. Perhaps we just haven't reached that point yet. He didn't put a time scale on things..

Anyway..a very interesting thread. Good work to whoever posted it.

Later..
I.

06-02-2005, 03:25 AM
sleazybunny Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: uk Posts: 239	...disbelief.. US right winger/conservatives, never cease to amaze me with their actions. Something like this would be considered satire or paradoy if it was fiction!!! I don't know whether to laugh or be scared (I suppose laugh cuz I'm seperated by the Atlantic from you unfortunate US citizens who have to put up with it-but it still scares me people think like this) How many have read any of those books? I mean Das Kapital is HUGE. I was well into learning about Marxism years ago, read the Comm Manifesto (nice "pamphlet" size-ish), thought about looking at Das Kapital, saw how big each volume was, had a scan and decided I couldn't afford to concentrate for the amount of time it'd have taken me to read it...probably 6 months non-stop! So if I was interested, and didn't read it, what's the chance they have? Probably been "advised" to not like it. As for On Liberty by Mill, when I studied that it talked a huge amount about individual freedom. I thought Republican/Conservatives were all for that, and I'm sure if they traced their policies back to fundamentals they'd see some coming from the ideas in that book. Quote: "Why do you hate America? Questioning authority is the same as supporting the terrorists!" Where did that come from? No where near the same things. You must be trying to wind us up..surely..I hope so?? You can't be for real. Quote from the website review of Comm Manifesto "The Evil Empire of the Soviet Union put the Manifesto into practice." With out going into too many finer points, it didn't. Communisum and what happened in the USSR , especially under Stalin, were not the same. No one has ever implemented pure Communism, closest thing you'd get to it is probably an Israeli Kibbutz or similar sort of commune. And for any interested in Marx, history still hasn't completely proved him wrong yet. There's still the potential for capitalist societies that are very mature to eventually drive the workers to revolt. Perhaps we just haven't reached that point yet. He didn't put a time scale on things.. Anyway..a very interesting thread. Good work to whoever posted it. Later.. I.