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

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