Marxism

[Lucky13]

I'm warming to it.

 

[TangerineSteve17]

Is there a better idea out there that doesn't appear to work? I think we should give it a go for 6 months, for a laugh.

 

[Rascal]

The problem with the teachings of Marx is that so few actually understand them and quickly confuse what they actually are with totalitarianist Soviet Union.


Marxism is democrat.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

My papa (grandfather) was a prominent figure in the Glaswegian communist party, he'd of loved modern Britain!!!!

 

[kas_tippler]

It's a social construct peppered with dogma whilst having very little relevance to todays top and bottom heavy society.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The problem with the teachings of Marx is that so few actually understand them and quickly confuse what they actually are with totalitarianist Soviet Union.

The latter is a natural consequence of the former I'm afraid, mate.

You can't change human nature.

 

[the god Gerry Gow]

"I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member"

 

[Tanzeylee]

"I wouldn't join any club that would have me as a member"

Hi Groucho how's harpo theses days...

 

[Damocles]

The problem with the teachings of Marx is that so few actually understand them and quickly confuse what they actually are with totalitarianist Soviet Union.

The latter is a natural consequence of the former I'm afraid, mate.

You can't change human nature.

Very much disagree. Marxism is a fantastic propaganda tool to be used by dictators because it tells people they are getting what is the most fair.

This isn't an implementation of Marxism any more than me deciding to pay an illegal immigrant worker to do the same job for cheaper is an implementation of Capitalism. Basically we have to separate between ideologies and people claiming to use that ideology. A slippery slope definitely but a necessary one.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

The problem with the teachings of Marx is that so few actually understand them and quickly confuse what they actually are with totalitarianist Soviet Union.

The latter is a natural consequence of the former I'm afraid, mate.

You can't change human nature.

Very much disagree. Marxism is a fantastic propaganda tool to be used by dictators because it tells people they are getting what is the most fair.

This isn't an implementation of Marxism any more than me deciding to pay an illegal immigrant worker to do the same job for cheaper is an implementation of Capitalism. Basically we have to separate between ideologies and people claiming to use that ideology. A slippery slope definitely but a necessary one.

My point is that every government who has embarked on the Marxist road, often with good intentions at the outset, has reverted to a despotic regime within a decade. The possible exception to this is Cuba, but even there, other forms of political ideology are suppressed; itself an act of political oppression. How many overtly right wing thinkers are there in Cuba?

Freedom of expression does not exist in these states, as Marxism is seen as the only solution and expressed as such through media and education.

What about people who are inveterate capitalists? Would their ideals be forever suppressed in a Marxist world? If so, it cannot be described as anything other than an affront to freedom of thought and expression.