In general, the only way to get rid of Marxism (if that's one's goal) is to propose a better theoretical framework, one that would incorporate all the valid insights of the Marxian tradition while proving itself in practice. Bringing in Freemasonry doesn't sound like it will help here.
On 12/4/06, Mark Lause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Louis posted an essay the other day on the Marxism List by someone who advocated replacing Marxism (as though "it" is a replaceable item like a piece of furniture) with a synthesis of, if I remember rightly, Christianity, Islam, Trotskyism and freemasonry. Hmmm. You have organizations that most of us probably agree are too inward-looking, too prone to define themselves by excluding others, and too secretive about its deliberations. So, the solution is going to be an admixture of freemasonry? Isn't it clear that these kinds of criticisms are not only meaningless but entirely insufficient? Until we see something solid and take it for a test drive, we're just bandying about words that almost certainly mean something different to different people. Doesn't it strike the rest of you that taking the Left to a new level isn't going to be done by sitting at our computers and writings critiques? Solidarity! Mark L.
-- Jim Devine / "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." -- Bertolt Brecht
