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>Otherwise you get a tiny aristocracy with eternal life and pet AIs to run their security system that keeps the 99% out. This seems to be the new formulation o
by narrator 9y ago
>Otherwise you get a tiny aristocracy with eternal life and pet AIs to run their security system that keeps the 99% out.
This seems to be the new formulation of dialectical materialism, which is similar to the old one, except the capitalist exploiters win in the end.
- pjc50 9y ago> dialectical materialism You keep using that phrase, but I don't think very many other people still do or have any idea what it means. Everyone's moved on to Picketty now.
- dogma1138 9y agoI’m pretty sure anyone who ever studied Marxist theory even at high school levels knows what that means.
- bandrami 9y agoIDK. I'm amazed at how many people I've met who claim to be Marxist but haven't ever read Hegel.
- dogma1138 9y agoYou really don’t need to go anywhere so complicated; this is literally a high school history exam question “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.” But I would agree with your statement I never met a self proclaimed Marxist that actually read the entire body of works behind it; those who do are usually so terrified of the potential outcomes that they would not consider Marxism as an option.
- platz 9y agosuch anecdote.. such generalize experiences.. wow.
- fabianhjr 9y ago> “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.” Marxism-Leninism? [1] Honestly, Dialectic Materialism[2] can be summarized as "the idea that ideas and real-life influence each other" and Historical Materialism[3] is the thesis that history has been shaped mainly by its material reality. [1]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism [2]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism [3]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism
- dogma1138 9y agoPhilosophical framework not an economic and or political system. Communism isn’t philosophy it’s an economic and political system.
- ajmurmann 9y agoWell, it seems your average American doesn't even know the difference between Socialism and Communism and on top of that uses "Socialism" entirely wrong all the time.
- dogma1138 9y agoSocialism is used wrong also by self proclaimed socialists; modern day social democracies are not exactly pure socialists either. Socialism can’t coexist with Communism its economic theory is not compatible with either the political or economic theories behind communism.
- mr_spothawk 9y agoThat's the thing about postmodernism though, you get to use whatever words you want because you have new definitions. Should anybody disagree with you, they're your enemy... shout them down!
- platz 9y agoNo true scottsman...
- edraferi 9y agoSorry, no idea what this means. Took plenty of history and government in high school. Have a casual interest in the USSR and strong interest in general policy.
- dogma1138 9y agoSo the term “diamat” or historical materialism never appeared in the textbook? If so you should ask for your money back because I find it hard to believe.