Total idiocy, delusional nonsense, senseless gibberish, from first word to last.
At 09:53 PM 2/22/2009, Charles Brown wrote: >I agree that these are the classical >Marxist-Leninist theory, definitions, schema >and order of the process, but >I'm thinking that actuality, actual >history, the concrete truth of this >may not "go down" in as linear >a fashion, as the a,b,c,1,2,3 >of the theory. This would be >applying Marx and Engels other >warning against "cookbooks" >and predictions about socialism >and communism to their own >sketch of how the state whithers >away. So, the process of whithering >away may in actuality be a >zig-zag , one step whither, one >step unwhither of the straightline >of the abstract classical formulations >For example, the Soviet state was a >multinational state. The Russian >state does not encompass all of >the former Soviet territory. >This might be seen as an early >aspect of the total whithering >away of the state there. Also, >notice that there was relatively >little bloodshed. The Soviet state >did not go down fighting, not >with a bang but a whimper ( as >that Commie T.S. Eliot put it) >Also, Soviet society was substantially >without class antagonisms. This is >one of the most important theoretical >and praise of the Soviet Union points. >The peaceful end of the multi-national >state is an indicator of the lack >of class antagonisms existing in >the Soviet Union. > >Also, notice that the implication >of my use of "whithering away of >the state " is that some of >what is left in Russia is _communism_ >not socialism. The whithering away of >the state ushers in communism. > >Obviously, since capitalist imperialist >states still exist in the world and >the Russian _state_ has nuclear weapons, >the state has not totally whithered away. > >So, it would be a partial and harbinger >whithering away that we see. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list Marxism-Thaxis@lists.econ.utah.edu To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
