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Forum: Politics 16th March 2013, 16:11
Replies: 49
Views: 1,406
Posted By Lord Hargreaves
The main point here is for us to stalwartly...

The main point here is for us to stalwartly oppose any action that may lead to an escalation between the two countries, and - heaven forbid - a repeat war. Anything else is just guff.

Supporting...
Forum: Learning 16th March 2013, 04:27
Replies: 21
Views: 558
Posted By Jimmie Higgins
I think the CNT in Spain shows that the problems...

I think the CNT in Spain shows that the problems of burocracy and reformism are not unique to Marxism.

Dominant social ideas are dominant - you know? They have as much sway on Marxist radicals as...
Forum: Politics 16th March 2013, 02:23
Replies: 49
Views: 1,406
Posted By Invader Zim
What precisely, do your feel, that Argentina has...

What precisely, do your feel, that Argentina has 'lost' by not having control over a group of sparsely populated islands which were not, at the time of the construction of Argentine independence (or...
Forum: Learning 14th March 2013, 21:17
Replies: 127
Views: 3,654
Posted By kasama-rl
Anyone who thinks it is ok to massacre 20,000...

Anyone who thinks it is ok to massacre 20,000 people -- without specific cause, without trials, without a public explanation -- I think such people should speak up loudly, so the rest of us know to...
Forum: Learning 14th March 2013, 08:46
Replies: 21
Views: 558
Posted By RebelDog
The economic base is the key factor. The state is...

The economic base is the key factor. The state is a requirement of class society to enforce the power of the ruling class. Taking it futher, if one imagines there is no state, no coercion, then there...
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 7th March 2013, 11:06
Replies: 152
Views: 3,429
Posted By Blake's Baby
I think the argument is about the use of the term...

I think the argument is about the use of the term 'percentage', rather than how you phrase it, 'part'. I suspect Red Banana is trying to counteract the impression that workers are given a fixed...
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 7th March 2013, 02:50
Replies: 152
Views: 3,429
I think these answers kind of miss something in...

I think these answers kind of miss something in that they tend to refer to capitalism in the abstract - "capitalism is this or that characteristic" - but we need to grasp it as an historical reality....
Forum: Politics 6th March 2013, 07:53
Replies: 25
Views: 788
Posted By Os Cangaceiros
The SPLC are a bunch of hysterics. For one, I...

The SPLC are a bunch of hysterics. For one, I don't believe that there are, on average, almost 30 anti-government militias or Patriot groups or whatever in every state in the USA ("up an incredible...
Forum: Learning 6th March 2013, 06:54
Replies: 36
Views: 882
Posted By Tim Cornelis
It is a bogus claim. A new rubble was introduced...

It is a bogus claim. A new rubble was introduced in 1919. Rothbard mistakes the inflationary collapse of the Rubble and the increase of barter as a result with the conscious and purposeful abolition...
Forum: Learning 6th March 2013, 03:07
Replies: 20
Views: 381
Posted By subcp
I think that's an opportunistic reading of the...

I think that's an opportunistic reading of the situation. Mouvement Communiste talk about the general tendency, starting in the late 19th century and complete by the general integration of the trade...
Forum: Politics 6th March 2013, 02:04
Replies: 223
Views: 8,293
Posted By Kim Jong Illmatic
I sincerely have trouble caring a whole lot, and...

I sincerely have trouble caring a whole lot, and if Venezuela didn't have a populist hardman who enjoyed the color red and payed lip-service to braindead state-socialist ideology, neither would any...
Forum: Politics 5th March 2013, 16:37
Replies: 358
Views: 12,707
Posted By Os Cangaceiros
I think that one can indulge once in a while in...

I think that one can indulge once in a while in life's pleasures and still keep a good focus on one's larger goals. Just look at the Nazis and the beer halls.

OK maybe not the best example but...
Forum: Politics 5th March 2013, 01:47
Replies: 358
Views: 12,707
Posted By Let's Get Free
A viewpoint I hold that is at odds with many...

A viewpoint I hold that is at odds with many communists and anarchists (particularly those anarchist of the insurrectionary variety) is that I am a strong believer in revolutionary self-discipline. I...
Forum: History 4th March 2013, 22:27
Replies: 16
Views: 535
Posted By CyM
Exactly, Cromwell was Robespierre. The only...

Exactly, Cromwell was Robespierre. The only reason they didn't need to do much then, is because Cromwell did most of it when he chopped the King's head off.

Sure, the political form fluctuated...
Forum: History 4th March 2013, 21:51
Replies: 16
Views: 535
Posted By Drosophila
The English Civil War happened nearly a century...

The English Civil War happened nearly a century before the French Revolution, so I don't know what he's talking about.
Forum: Politics 4th March 2013, 21:48
Replies: 358
Views: 12,707
Posted By Ostrinski
Now here's a dude I can work with in a...

Now here's a dude I can work with in a revolutionary situation.
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 3rd March 2013, 21:48
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By Takayuki
Indeed, those aforementioned things are nothing...

Indeed, those aforementioned things are nothing but capitalism. I know you're some silly and utterly ridiculous idealist, and probably a social-democrat as well.

Whether the companies which...
Forum: Discrimination 3rd March 2013, 21:20
Replies: 390
Views: 12,845
Posted By xx1994xx
dido, shallow people who think they're...

dido, shallow people who think they're 'deep/emotional' because they listen to a professional corporate-sponsor sing formulaic music hopping on the melancholic r&b bandwagon
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 3rd March 2013, 20:55
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By Ravachol
Yeah, some stepping stone. That's why the biggest...

Yeah, some stepping stone. That's why the biggest co-operative conglomerate, the Basque Mondragon, hires private security to break strikes at its polish premises. That's why the...
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 3rd March 2013, 20:46
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By Takayuki
The Scandinavian and Japanese agricultural...

The Scandinavian and Japanese agricultural markets have for a very long time been dominated by coöperatives - yet there is nothing about this that tells us anything of worth. There's nothing...
Forum: Discrimination 3rd March 2013, 18:52
Replies: 390
Views: 12,845
Posted By Zanthorus
It gives activists the illusion that they're...

It gives activists the illusion that they're actually changing people's outlooks and therefore not actually totally impotent when it comes to altering the world around them.
Forum: Ongoing Struggles 3rd March 2013, 17:37
Replies: 22
Views: 650
Posted By Delenda Carthago
?! They are WHAT?:lol: Here in Greece...

?!
They are WHAT?:lol:


Here in Greece we had an enormous rise on co-operatives in the 80s during PASOK's first era. Didnt brought us any step closer to socialism though.:rolleyes:

...
Forum: Politics 3rd March 2013, 06:49
Replies: 358
Views: 12,707
Posted By CryingWolf
I don't think socialism is historically...

I don't think socialism is historically inevitable.
Forum: Opposing Ideologies 3rd March 2013, 05:45
Replies: 70
Views: 2,318
Posted By #FF0000
1) What do you mean by "Leninism" 2) No because...

1) What do you mean by "Leninism"
2) No because revolutions aren't based on singular ideology or "theory"



He wasn't really in the business of making predictions.



I don't think that...
Forum: Learning 2nd March 2013, 13:18
Replies: 26
Views: 892
Posted By Tim Cornelis
How do Marxists explain the absence of communism, the real movement that abolishes...

How do Marxists explain the absence of communism, the real movement that abolishes the present state of things?

This question especially goes for those I consider to more closely approximate...
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