On 8 June 2014 22:30, Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 6:12 AM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 8 June 2014 15:43, spudboy100 via Everything List < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I do know what I am criticizing, and view Marx and Engels claims in >>> Manifesto, and Das Kapital as nothing more than deliberate lies to defer >>> just criticism, especially, when viewed in the light of Marx and Engels, >>> quotes, journals, and articles. The withering away concept was deliberately >>> used as sop, to those who Marx knew would grow weary of state oppression. >>> Just a little longer and then it will be perfect, everyone will be a >>> Barron, and master of their own world. The Castro regime still uses it as >>> an excuse for economic stagnation. As C. Northcoate Parkinson said, "Delay >>> is the most deadly form of denial." >> >> >> OK, I take it back. That's a valid viewpoint. (I don't know if there is >> evidence to support it?) >> > > I would say that this viewpoint is validated empirically: all attempts at > marxist societies devolved into authoritarianism. >
And Marx would have know that how, exactly? The claim is that Marx and Engels "used the withering away concept as a sop" because Marx "knew people would grow weary of state oppression" (see quote above). That is the claim I am asking for evidence for. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
