Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > Direct contradiction of Arlo's assertion that Marx "never advocated tyranny" > from the "Communist Manifesto." Read and judge for yourself (emphasis added): > > [Arlo] > "BY MEANS OF DESPOTIC INROADS on the rights of property, and on the conditions > of bourgeois production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear > economically insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the > movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social > order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionizing the mode of > production." > > Sure, read this carefully and judge, as Platt suggests. Marx is not promoting > the establishment of a tyranny, but expressing the anticipated violent > struggle > with established capistocratic power. > > There is no doubt Marx envisioned the communist transition to be one of > violent > struggle (just as the Monarchy of Britain did not respond kindly to those who > thought to rebel against her power over them). As such, freeing and holding > the > means of the production through the revolution was (Marx believed) going to be > both difficult and bloody. The transitional government would need to secure > and > protect the newly liberated means of production, and as such would need the > power and ability to do so. > > So, yes, read that passage carefully. And for context read the entries for > Marxism and Communism on Wikipedia. Marx does not advocate tyranny, indeed > the > only targets of the statement above are those Marx saw as the enslavers of > men, > and the anticipated resistance they would respond with as their power over the > masses was threatened. Don't buy into the talk-radio hype, its just bunk. But > I > bet that won't stop 'em from squalkin'...
Definition of DESPOTIC from Merriam-Webster: " . . .exercising power tyrannically." Another Orwellian obfuscation from the self-proclaimed Critical Thinker. ------------------------------------------------- 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/
