> Stephen E Philion wrote: > > > Richard, Is it possible that you might demonstrate to us how the segment > > that you quote below is 'rhetorical'? You might not agree with what is > > asserted below, but how is it 'heavily rhetorical'? Steve > > ________Who is Richard, by the way? Cheers, ajit sinha > That may have been Stephen's own rhetorical device to persuade others that I am not for real - the Latin American he, an American, thinks I should be. Had Stephen read more, instead of imitating the KKK, he would have known that every argument is bound with rhetoric; and, as Rod says, Marx was a master rhetorician. > > > > Someone (?) wrote: > > > > > > > Marx's point in writing Capital was to do away with rhetoric. Rather than > > > > pointing to the horrors of capitalism and pointing to evil acts of specific > > > > people or even classes, he attempted to show how the system as a whole worked > > > > according to its own laws of motion. > > > > > > > Richard Duchesne wrote in response: > > > Like any polemic work, Capital is heavily rhetorical; just like what > > > you say above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
