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What a cheap way to oversimplify what I wrote. Do you seriously think Socialist societies are not capable of technological advances? Marxism is an economic fr
by mahmud 14y ago
What a cheap way to oversimplify what I wrote.
Do you seriously think Socialist societies are not capable of technological advances?
Marxism is an economic framework, and there is no way avoiding technological advances in an economy. It's just that in Marxism, innovation comes from workers and joint stakeholders of the means of production. Not owners of Capital.
The software market is MUCH closer to the Marxist ideal than a Capitalist free market, specially in Free Software. But I don't expect to get an intelligent conversation here,so, alas ..
- philwelch 14y ago"Do you seriously think Socialist societies are not capable of technological advances?" Construct one and we'll see. Previous attempts basically turned into murderous oligarchies. To me, that places Marxism outside the realm of practical consideration, since it seems impossible to actually implement. Less flippantly, it's always been engineers and inventors rather than investors (capitalists) who are responsible for innovation.
- chm 14y agoPedantically: Marx never called himself a Marxist. When he co-wrote (with Engels) the Manifesto, it was to consolidate the contemporary Communist thought into a distributable, available pamphlet. It would help if more people read the Manifesto, as you obviously have, but other commenters avoided.