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I'm not sure what you mean, but I think it's intellectually dishonest to claim we can't engage with the ideas of Marx because of the history of the 20th century
by 7sidedmarble 5y ago
I'm not sure what you mean, but I think it's intellectually dishonest to claim we can't engage with the ideas of Marx because of the history of the 20th century communist revolutions. Revolutions themselves tend towards things like military juntas or communist ruling parties. I think incremental change is possible and if you read Marx he very much saw socialism as a continuum.
- soco 5y agoI think the point is there's a huge discrepancy between any, just any writing of Marx, and the daily life in any, just any, socialist country. I lived myself in one as well, and while I can recognize Marx's writing merits, it gets me sick when I hear about thinking to implement any of those. Because I've seen them at work and there's no better proof than reality.