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Marx's works were not appropriated, they were taken seriously, and to their full conclusion.
by javert 12y ago
Marx's works were not appropriated, they were taken seriously, and to their full conclusion.
- ceejayoz 12y agoIf you think Stalinist Russia/Maoist China were Marx's views "to their full conclusion", you should read past the title page.
- javert 12y agoMarx is bad in theory and bad in practice. There can be nothing redeeiming about a philosophy that does not treat individuals as ends in themselves. Such a philosophy will always lead to people and their lives/property being sacrified for "the common good," which means: for everybody and nobody. Sure, there are different permutations of Marxism. Stalin and Mao may not have done it the way Marx would advocate, but it's still a permutation of Marxism. We see a different permutation of it in Britain and gaining ground in the US. We also saw it on Pol Pot's killing fields. I am not talking about Marxism as a specific political position; I am talking about Marxism as an underlying philosophy.