Cornel, In my opinion, the reason that scholars, thinkers and politicians the world over are still talking about Karl Marx is the monumental harm that he wrought on millions of people around the whole world, especially creating mind-numbing dependencies on government among the poor, and the immense misallocation of natural and other resources that resulted from his simple-sounding siren song.
--- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Curiously, when Marx was supposedly asked, just > before his death, what he > would like to be remembered for, he apparently said > that he doubted he would > be remembered for long and that if he had the time, > he would probably > re-write much of his work. I cannot vouch for the > story above, but clearly, > he would never have guessed that scholars, thinkers > and politicians the > world over, would debate with the ghost of Marx for > more than a century > after his death. > Cornel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" > <goanet@goanet.org> > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 5:25 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Re: Musings on crossing a > hundred.... > > > > --- cornel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Vidyadhar, > >> I studied Marx and his writings hell of a lot in > >> student and post-student > >> days. Ok, this was many moons ago. However, I > never > >> came across the view > >> that Marx said "question everything." I am just > >> curious about its source. Is > >> this attribution to Marx genuine in this case? > >> > > Mario muses: > >> > > If Karl Marx really suggested we question > everything, > > which is quite a common sense suggestion, one > wonders > > why he did not question his own basic assumption, > that > > a small cabal of elites could make better > decisions > > for entire economies than the weighted average > > decisions of entire populations, and caused untold > > economic misery and misallocation of resources > until > > abandoned recently. > > > > > > > >