Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > No. There's a world of difference between engineering a society towards > tyranny > vs. towards individual freedom. Marxists fit the former category. It's the > difference between the Russian revolution and the American revolution. > > [Arlo] > Maybe you should read Marx, rather that recite talk-radio propaganda. > > I don't agree with all of Marx's ideas, but I do know his concern was > individual liberty. Unlike Strauss, however, Marx overestimates the > intelligence and nature of man. Strauss sees people as too weak and stupid and > in need of controlling. Marx saw man as wanting, and demanding, a egalitarian > world. You can criticize Marx for thinking too highly of man, I suppose, and > loft up Strauss to prove how base and selfish we are by nature. > > But your talk-radio soundbites are hollow to anyone who has actually read and > studied Marx, or neo-Marxist literature.
Yes, we're all well aware that you lean towards communism and material "egalitarianism." ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
