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Forum: Politics 16th March 2013, 19:45
Replies: 49
Views: 1,406
Posted By LinksRadikal
This I think doesn't paint the whole picture. ...

This I think doesn't paint the whole picture.

Namely, this is no black-and-white situation - both Argentina and the UK are imperialist powers, and in fact, imperialism is not a term that is used...
Forum: Sciences and Environment 16th March 2013, 15:04
Replies: 62
Views: 1,327
Posted By LinksRadikal
I thought that it is possible to include multiple...

I thought that it is possible to include multiple choices in a poll. And I don't see how multiple choices wouldn't tell something about a person's preferences. For example, it is quite clear that I...
Forum: Sciences and Environment 16th March 2013, 14:17
Replies: 62
Views: 1,327
Posted By LinksRadikal
Why so exclusive? I simply can't vote since I...

Why so exclusive? I simply can't vote since I like more than one thing here to an equal extent.

Physics, quantum physics for dummies (in fact, all my love for natural sciences is "for dummies"),...
Forum: Learning 16th March 2013, 14:08
Replies: 21
Views: 559
Posted By LinksRadikal
Whereas I'd say that in reality anti-capitalism...

Whereas I'd say that in reality anti-capitalism necessitates communism.

So the problem is how does anarchist philosophy account for the reality of capitalism.



I don't think that your...
Forum: Learning 16th March 2013, 05:10
Replies: 21
Views: 559
Posted By LinksRadikal
How is individualist anarchism "anti-capitalist",...

How is individualist anarchism "anti-capitalist", while anarchist communism is supposedly "anti-capitalist" and communist at the same time (the name gives it away)?

Furthermore, I don't see a...
Forum: Learning 16th March 2013, 04:17
Replies: 21
Views: 559
Posted By LinksRadikal
You obviously need a basic rundown of what...

You obviously need a basic rundown of what actually constitutes the validity and/or soundness of an argument.

In short, the soundness is the problem here as it rests on the truth or falsehood of...
Forum: Sciences and Environment 16th March 2013, 03:46
Replies: 14
Views: 510
Posted By LinksRadikal
Does this simple fact necessitate the mysticism...

Does this simple fact necessitate the mysticism of the supposed three "laws" of development of any damn thing and process that exists?

tI'm afraid not. That would be your metaphysical imposition...
Forum: Theory 11th March 2013, 18:54
Replies: 30
Views: 975
Posted By LinksRadikal
Really, a word play masquerading as an argument?...

Really, a word play masquerading as an argument? You know damn well what I'm talking about. How about trying to address that? You know, that awkward fact of the flagship of international...
Forum: Learning 11th March 2013, 15:26
Replies: 15
Views: 307
Posted By LinksRadikal
This is all well and dandy, but do you really...

This is all well and dandy, but do you really think that prior to the eve of the French Revolution broad masses of the population actively participated in study circles and other forms of education? ...
Forum: Theory 11th March 2013, 13:15
Replies: 30
Views: 975
Posted By LinksRadikal
Shortcomings? I don't think that word gives off...

Shortcomings? I don't think that word gives off an accurate impression when you take into account the fact that first socialdemocracy provided the ideological cover for the single bloodiest...
Forum: Politics 9th March 2013, 10:15
Replies: 70
Views: 2,484
Posted By LinksRadikal
I voted "other". Though my family voted...

I voted "other".

Though my family voted social democrat as long as I can remember, it wouldn't be accurate to say I was raised in a "liberal/social democrat way". When upbringing is concerned,...
Forum: Politics 8th March 2013, 15:30
Replies: 49
Views: 1,562
Posted By LinksRadikal
I know that it is hard both to understand and...

I know that it is hard both to understand and criticize the tendencies towards the cult of personality when you hold basically the same view, but this trick - that criticism equals reaction - is so...
Forum: Politics 8th March 2013, 14:42
Replies: 49
Views: 1,562
Posted By LinksRadikal
Isn't it obvious, the inert masses need a...

Isn't it obvious, the inert masses need a reminder of their historical interests from beyond.
Forum: Theory 8th March 2013, 14:27
Replies: 30
Views: 975
Posted By LinksRadikal
Indeed. The usual line peddled by certain...

Indeed.
The usual line peddled by certain people is that political class struggle is parliamentary, and that amounts to nothing else than a capitulation to the bourgeois conception of the political...
Forum: Politics 8th March 2013, 14:00
Replies: 49
Views: 1,562
Posted By LinksRadikal
Post-mortem finalization of the cult of...

Post-mortem finalization of the cult of personality, which itself is an expression of the lack of grassroots movement towards emancipation.

No of course, there's nothing wrong in secular...
Forum: Learning 7th March 2013, 13:52
Replies: 103
Views: 2,366
Posted By LinksRadikal
I would suppose that it is mere common sense to...

I would suppose that it is mere common sense to conclude that ex-capitalists need not be beheaded once all organized counter-revolution decidedly subsides.



Wonderful reasoning right here....
Forum: History 7th March 2013, 13:37
Replies: 16
Views: 535
Posted By LinksRadikal
What would that "most basic of levels" be? And...

What would that "most basic of levels" be?
And why are "intellectual and ideological underpinnings and motivations" here implicitly judged as relevant (the only relevant factors, as you don't state...
Forum: Learning 7th March 2013, 13:25
Replies: 103
Views: 2,366
Posted By LinksRadikal
I have no idea about Trotskyist parties, and nor...

I have no idea about Trotskyist parties, and nor do I want to pretend to speak in the name of Trots. Use the internet yourself, it's not that hard.

Secondly, screw your liberal rhetoric of the...
Forum: Theory 7th March 2013, 13:19
Replies: 37
Views: 959
Posted By LinksRadikal
Then make sure the majority doesn't want that. As...

Then make sure the majority doesn't want that. As simple as this.
Forum: Learning 7th March 2013, 10:43
Replies: 103
Views: 2,366
Posted By LinksRadikal
Oh that's nice. It must be that he was a...

Oh that's nice. It must be that he was a pro-capitalist infiltrator all along.

But to try and answer your question, he's being quite reasonable here when stressing that, once they are...
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 7th March 2013, 10:01
Replies: 152
Views: 3,436
Posted By LinksRadikal
Sure workers receive a part of the value they...

Sure workers receive a part of the value they produce. How else would you quantify the rate of exploitation?
Forum: Politics 6th March 2013, 01:15
Replies: 223
Views: 8,295
Posted By LinksRadikal
Selective myopia takes another victim. In...

Selective myopia takes another victim.

In practice, the redistribution measures did have effect. In practice, the conditions of wage labour, characteristic to capitalist society anywhere on the...
Forum: Learning 6th March 2013, 01:04
Replies: 20
Views: 381
Posted By LinksRadikal
If they are the recognized negotiating partner,...

If they are the recognized negotiating partner, then it's clear how, despite the nominal adherence to "anti-capitalism".



That's not how it works though.

As I stated, in times of crisis...
Forum: Politics 6th March 2013, 00:44
Replies: 223
Views: 8,295
Posted By LinksRadikal
And somehow this means that one shouldn't...

And somehow this means that one shouldn't criticize the Venezuelan regime as this merely confirms that we are too busy reading old books and are out of touch with reality.
Obviously.
Forum: Politics 6th March 2013, 00:36
Replies: 223
Views: 8,295
Posted By LinksRadikal
And? Does this excuse the serious lapse of...

And? Does this excuse the serious lapse of judgement by communists with regard to the nature of the said regime? Does every gain for a working class necessitate progressive abandonment of communist...
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