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>you're confusing what communism is about and what people did The trouble with communism is as ever that it has to be implemented by people. Communists as ever

>you're confusing what communism is about and what people did The trouble with communism is as ever that it has to be implemented by people. Communists as ever tend to gloss over this detail. As once-Marxist economist Thomas Sowell put it: great idea, wrong species.

peoplefromibiza 5y ago
> The trouble with communism is as ever that it has to be implemented by people Like everything else! Big surprise! Have you ever seen capitalism implemented by plants or AI developed by rocks? > Communists as ever tend to gloss over this detail. Some do, many don't. You're implying that communists are somewhat lesser people than other. But they are just like everybody else. Do you realize that in 2021 an elected president of USA said nothing about literal nazis assaulting the Capital hill? does it say something about the american way? > As once-Marxist economist Thomas Sowell "Sowell writes from a libertarian–conservative perspective"
- snowgrove 5y ago
  You missed the “once-” before “Marxist:” Sowell described his serious study of Karl Marx in his autobiography; as a former Marxist who early in his career became disillusioned with the philosophy, he emphatically opposes Marxism, providing a critique in his book Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (1985). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell
  - peoplefromibiza 5y ago
    I did not, I was merely pointing out that former-something means they hold a grudge against that something, hence not actually to be taken as an example of some kind of neutrality. It's like asking Talibans what they thought of USA when they financed them and after they invaded their country and bombed their villages. With the difference that no communist ever harmed Sowell.
edanm 5y ago
> As once-Marxist economist Thomas Sowell put it: great idea, wrong species. I'm not sure how fair it is to describe Thomas Sowell as a once-Marxist economist. He spent until he was 30 being Marxist, but then the next 50 years of his life being incredibly well-known as a fairly pro-Capitalist economist. Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge fan of his. I'm just not sure this is a fair characterization of him :)

peoplefromibiza 5y ago

> The trouble with communism is as ever that it has to be implemented by people Like everything else! Big surprise! Have you ever seen capitalism implemented by plants or AI developed by rocks? > Communists as ever tend to gloss over this detail. Some do, many don't. You're implying that communists are somewhat lesser people than other. But they are just like everybody else. Do you realize that in 2021 an elected president of USA said nothing about literal nazis assaulting the Capital hill? does it say something about the american way? > As once-Marxist economist Thomas Sowell "Sowell writes from a libertarian–conservative perspective"

snowgrove 5y ago
You missed the “once-” before “Marxist:” Sowell described his serious study of Karl Marx in his autobiography; as a former Marxist who early in his career became disillusioned with the philosophy, he emphatically opposes Marxism, providing a critique in his book Marxism: Philosophy and Economics (1985). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Sowell
- peoplefromibiza 5y ago
  I did not, I was merely pointing out that former-something means they hold a grudge against that something, hence not actually to be taken as an example of some kind of neutrality. It's like asking Talibans what they thought of USA when they financed them and after they invaded their country and bombed their villages. With the difference that no communist ever harmed Sowell.

edanm 5y ago

> As once-Marxist economist Thomas Sowell put it: great idea, wrong species. I'm not sure how fair it is to describe Thomas Sowell as a once-Marxist economist. He spent until he was 30 being Marxist, but then the next 50 years of his life being incredibly well-known as a fairly pro-Capitalist economist. Don't get me wrong - I'm a huge fan of his. I'm just not sure this is a fair characterization of him :)