Serious question regarding the Obama remarks regarding guns and religion. I think it is hard to dispute that there is a general right/left dispute over gun ownership, but why? Is there something in Marxism that speaks to gun ownership? Is there a relevance of gun ownership to economic class? I really have a hard time conceptualizing why there is such a strong correlation between opposition to gun ownership and other left-wing views.
David Shemano ^^^^ CB: On the Marxist aspect, in many situations, such as Cuba or Venezuela, Marxists support arming the working class substantially. In _The State and Revolution_ Lenin formulates " an armed organization of the population". To be more historically and nationally concrete, as to US sports gun ownership, that doesn't seem to be identical with the political arming of the mass of the population. It seems to be more fun with guns , than political self-determination with guns as in 1793. Many Marxists might say that in balancing the value of gun fun against the many gun murders and injuries that come with widespread possession ( here "possession is nine/tenth of ownership" is cogent) of guns as in the US today, it is probably not worth it to have so many guns in so many peoples' hands. Better to give up the gun fun for the sake of so many victims. Shooting deer and target bullseyes is not that valuable to society with the unavoidable concomittent. Doesn't some gun fun involve letting off steam, anger, bitterness in a sport ? Isn't some of that steam from frustration with economic anxiety , instead of directing steam at the economic system ? Isn't this true of gun fun in the city as well as the country , in big cities as well as small towns ? You ask about religion too. Is your question about religion as well ? _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
