On 12/3/06, Angelus Novus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> implies, though I'm sure
> that is not A.N.'s intention, that Marxism is a
> religion
Certainly not a religion, but an ideology. I
appreciate that PEN-L and lbo-talk are full of all
sorts of critical, non-dogmatic people who apply the
label Marxist to themselves. My question is: why?
Isn't it confusing to then clarify why one is a
Marxist despite not adhering to this or that aspect of
Marxist orthodoxy?
For both better and worse, Marxists have been more like Protestants
than Catholics, especially after the height of Stalinism. :-> You
don't agree with the doctrine, you tinker with it here and there, you
part company with the hierarchy, you start a new church, and then
voila, countless Marxist denominations, just like countless Protestant
denominations.
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Yoshie
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