On 05/07/2010 01:39 PM, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Shane Hathaway<[email protected]> wrote: >> So you're saying Marx said: >> >> 1. Acknowledge existing social problems. >> 2. ??? >> 3. Utopia! > > That's clearly not what I'm saying. Generally, Anarchists advocate > revolution followed directly by anarchism. Marx advocated revolution > followed by a temporary 'dictatorship of the proletariat' followed by > anarchism. I've only explained that 3 or 4 times now, including once > in the paragraph you quoted. This was all supported by a theory of > history and economics that explained how this transition was necessary > and inevitable.
Then you're saying Marx said: 1. Revolution 2. Dictatorship 3. Anarchic Utopia! You're also saying that empirically, what really happens is: 1. Revolution 2. Dictatorship 3. GOTO 2 (or sometimes GOTO 1) Right? Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
