tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post6690138000397093403..comments2024-02-25T17:51:17.085+00:00Comments on of-course: How many Trotskyists does it take to change a light bulb?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-25752651044457850512013-03-13T22:46:29.620+00:002013-03-13T22:46:29.620+00:00On the whole I would say we are in agreementOn the whole I would say we are in agreementPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-13159246684288224692013-03-12T20:45:47.649+00:002013-03-12T20:45:47.649+00:00Eh, the line was small, actually. And rigorously m...Eh, the line was small, actually. And rigorously monitored by an ever-paranoid and increasingly ruthless bourgeois. I felt (and was advised) that it was best to keep a distance, and simply learn from Marx's writings along with my own experiences. <br /><br />Don't get me wrong, I do not blame Marx for the impact of his work. He himself was dead-on with his observations, and his theories all carry a great weight of truth. He was one of the most brilliant minds to ever grace humanity. Sadly, humanity has this curious habit of warping and perverting any social system.<br /><br />A fascinating trait of the bourgeois is that it seems to self-replicate. Historical instances where the ruling class were overtaken by the people (Post-revolutionary France, China, and Russia, to name a few), ended with another segment of the proletariat abruptly taking the old throne through a combination of political maneuvering, armed enforcement, <br />personality cults, and (sigh) nationalism.<br /><br />While I know for a fact that Marx took many observations from the French Revolution into his own works, I believe he may not have taken enough. The historical implementation of his work indicates that the bourgeois-proletariat complex is likely a product of a dark section of the human condition. Arab Spring, with the overthrow of numerous totalitarian dictators, just to see them replaced by similar regimes, shows this as well.<br /><br />I still maintain that Marx needed to conduct more field research, but given the amount that he already conducted in his lifetime, I realize that may be asking too much of one man. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-49014277529545817572013-03-12T13:31:53.682+00:002013-03-12T13:31:53.682+00:00“I almost became a communist” sounds like it was t...“I almost became a communist” sounds like it was too much effort or something. Was the queue too long perhaps?<br /><br />In my opinion Marx did his field research. He was a great philosopher, economist and political theorist. It’s not his fault that what he envisaged has never been put into practice properly. He never intended for pre-industrialised nations to apply it. Marx was fine, it’s peoples’ grasp and interpretation of his writing that leaves much to be desired.<br />Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07546937680008209565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4401197942016431104.post-85963390011018029962013-03-12T02:09:15.490+00:002013-03-12T02:09:15.490+00:00You know, I almost became a communist. But then I...You know, I almost became a communist. But then I realized that I prefer for my plans to work.<br /><br />As one of the few folk across the pond who own a copy of the Communist Manifesto (currently on loan to a friend), I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that Marx should have done more field research.<br /><br />Communism/Marxism/Trotskyism/Maoism all mean well, but are so sadly flawed as to cause as much if not even greater harm to the proletariat they intend to protect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com