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I don't think there is a rule against it per say but just as a thought experiment, I don't think it would go down well. Perhaps a better question would be why i

by nvoid 6y ago

I don't think there is a rule against it per say but just as a thought experiment, I don't think it would go down well. Perhaps a better question would be why is a Marxism society accepted?

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Perhaps a better question would be why is a Marxism society accepted? Broadly, because Marxism isn't the same thing as Leninism and because non-Leninist Marxism, though it wanted more radical change, was a central source of ideas, organization, and activism in the movement from classical capitalism to the modern mixed economy throughout the developed world.
- nvoid 6y ago
  I have read this sentence several times and I still don't understand what you are saying. Can you either expand or convey your thoughts in plainer English? > it wanted more radical change, was a central source of ideas You could say the same thing about Fascism
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    I'm sorry, I'm confused, are you claiming you didn't understand what I said about Marxism or that you did and it is equally true of fascism? To attempt to dispense with either: Marxism very much was and Fascism very much was not an important source of ideas, activism, and organization driving the transition from relatively pure capitalism (“pure” in the sense of being essentially the dominant system in the developed West criticized under that name by Marx, not pure in the sense of embodying the post hoc idealistic rationalizations invented in response to criticism of that system) to the modern mixed economy.
chordalkeyboard 6y ago
> why is a Marxism society accepted? They explicitly seek to align themselves with disadvantaged persons which arises sympathy in the part of the audience and therefore attracts activists. Fascism on the other hand does not have this sympathetic attraction as its authoritarian nature is comparatively undisguised.
- nvoid 6y ago
  This is an excellent and simple answer. On the surface fascism doesn't hide what it is but the implementation of Marx's ideas require more than a cursory look to understand why they inevitably lead to mass mortality.

by nvoid 6y ago

I don't think there is a rule against it per say but just as a thought experiment, I don't think it would go down well. Perhaps a better question would be why is a Marxism society accepted?

dragonwriter 6y ago

> Perhaps a better question would be why is a Marxism society accepted? Broadly, because Marxism isn't the same thing as Leninism and because non-Leninist Marxism, though it wanted more radical change, was a central source of ideas, organization, and activism in the movement from classical capitalism to the modern mixed economy throughout the developed world.

nvoid 6y ago
I have read this sentence several times and I still don't understand what you are saying. Can you either expand or convey your thoughts in plainer English? > it wanted more radical change, was a central source of ideas You could say the same thing about Fascism
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  I'm sorry, I'm confused, are you claiming you didn't understand what I said about Marxism or that you did and it is equally true of fascism? To attempt to dispense with either: Marxism very much was and Fascism very much was not an important source of ideas, activism, and organization driving the transition from relatively pure capitalism (“pure” in the sense of being essentially the dominant system in the developed West criticized under that name by Marx, not pure in the sense of embodying the post hoc idealistic rationalizations invented in response to criticism of that system) to the modern mixed economy.

chordalkeyboard 6y ago

> why is a Marxism society accepted? They explicitly seek to align themselves with disadvantaged persons which arises sympathy in the part of the audience and therefore attracts activists. Fascism on the other hand does not have this sympathetic attraction as its authoritarian nature is comparatively undisguised.

nvoid 6y ago
This is an excellent and simple answer. On the surface fascism doesn't hide what it is but the implementation of Marx's ideas require more than a cursory look to understand why they inevitably lead to mass mortality.