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Hey, there! Thanks for your "thanks" about Cuba. It's pretty funny that your organizational affiliation is "Christian Mingle"! Congrats on having a sense of humor and all the best to you, hot shot! )

I prefered your cop sig

Well, I'm pretty shy first of all, and not all that talkative in a group setting so that keeps me from saying much. (I tend to say a lot more on a 1-to-1 basis rather than on a forums.)

That an i'm admittedly only a (forever) layman when it comes to Marxist theory, so I don't often have much to say...

That being said, thanks for the friendlies.

Perhaps that would be a different story.

What if I said that I was only using Draper's refutation that Lenin was only using Kautsky's refutation as a refutation, as a refutation?

Good refutations, comrade, but I'm of the opinion that Hal Draper isn't as strong a source on Marxist strategy. Lars Lih is a much better one, in emphasizing the role of educated proletarians.

Thanks, I'll do that.

The Revolutionary Marxist user group, is multi tendency as well as anti-sectarian; perhaps you should join, there is lots of good conversation in it.

When it comes to leftist theory I have a long bit of learning to do, so I don't think I'll be picking a tendency any time soon.

Thanks for the compliment. To be honest I'm a bit hesitant to take to any particular tendency. I used to be one of those "but Leninism isn't real communism!" types but the more I read of his work the more I realize how thoughtless that sort of position is. And then I start realizing that the blatant anti-Lenin folk are the same ones who keep harping on about wishing to obtain some abstract "freedom" without being able to tie the word freedom to any concrete demand.

Hope that helps.