Louis Proyect wrote:
>This came up on another forum in the context of the Nader candidacy. After
>I pointed out that Nader's funding model precludes accountability, a rabid
>Nader defender shot back that Marx was funded in the same manner, alluding
>to his legacy, etc.
>
>This misses the point.
>
>If it were not for such support, Marx would have never been able to
>complete his research. Once the basic building blocks were put in place for
>a self-sustaining Marxism movement, no other working-class leaders ever
>depended on this kind of funding.
Marx was mainly a thinker and writer; Nader's a political figure and
organizer. Marx really didn't have to be accountable to anyone, but
Nader's organizations presume to represent the interest of "citizens"
and "consumers."
Doug
