On 12/3/06, Louis Proyect <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Actually, I think that base-superstructure Marxism is not Marxism at all. If you prefer arguing with straw men, be my guest. It is the same thing that Stan did when he characterized Marx as imagining "industrial utopias". This is a caricature of Marx.
I cannot claim to have the knowledge of Marx that Louis undoubtedly has, but the Communist Manifesto repeatedly refers to the victory of the proletariat and the overthrow of the bourgeoisie. Surely Marx had some kind of alternative system (an utopia?) in mind when he was advocating the overthrow of capitalism? How is this a "caricature" of Marx? -raghu.
