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In the communist manifesto Marx advocates for the: > Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State. The state controlli
by serverholic 5y ago
In the communist manifesto Marx advocates for the:
> Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
The state controlling communications doesn't sound very free speech to me.
- creata 5y agoLike I said, I don't know about Marx, and I don't know what he means by "the means of communication". But for one thing, it seems (from the paragraph above the line you quoted) that he views this as a necessary and temporary evil: > despotic inroads on the rights of property... unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionising the mode of production. And for another, he's also said to have said (in "Comments on the Latest Prussian Censorship Instruction"): > The real, radical cure for the censorship would be its abolition; for the institution itself is a bad one, and institutions are more powerful than people. That seems pretty unambiguously against censorship.
- bradlys 5y agoOne could argue that maybe it’s a means to get rid of the profit incentive that is inherent with means of communications that has always existed within a capitalistic society… Have you considered that?