December 04, 2002
From the desk of Jane Galt:Quel Surprise
Today's Marxists are a little out of touch with, y'know, Marx.
I find this article very interesting, because it explains to me where the Marxists and fellow-travelers I knew in college got the idea that Third World poverty was caused by colonial exploitation, even when they'd been to said Third World nations and were perfectly able to see that Third World poverty was a combination of the poverty the Third Worlders, and indeed most of the human race, had been living in for many millenia; or horrible governments and/or guerillas that stole everything that wasn't nailed down, and some things that were.
Posted by Jane Galt at December 4, 2002 10:08 AM | TrackBack | Technorati inbound linksNo surprise there. The modern Left is built upon (for lack of a better term) nothing more than relativist notions; abdication of personal responsibility, self-central reasoning, evasion of absolute legality and the rule of law. A lot of adjectives they become, including, un-Marxist Marxists. It's a little humorous as to how pedantic Harris need be for such a tautology. A good read, though.
Posted by: Michael Ubaldi on December 4, 2002 10:53 AMMarx himself famously said "I am not a Marxist."
Posted by: Frankenstein on December 4, 2002 11:14 AMMarx was also a fraud who faked citations in his works. An ideology founded on falsehood.
Posted by: Robin Roberts on December 5, 2002 05:14 PMQuite honestly, I don't think any of you understand Marx. Further, Harris seems to miss the point of the Baran-Wallerstein revision. I choose not to elaborate on this comment quite simply because I don't think enough people are visiting this discussion for it to worth my time.
Posted by: Mr. Brown on January 17, 2003 12:38 PMComments are Closed.