War and revolution

[kelley at pulpculture.org]

At 06:32 PM 5/23/02 -0400, Joe R. Golowka wrote:
> > First, I completely agree with you that "radical change means ...an
> > irreversible change in human consciousness and in human custom."  Some of
> > that did happen in the former Soviet Union. For example, poll after poll
> > shows that most of the Russian people find neo-liberal principles
> > completely opposed to their own belief in a more ethical system of
> > sharing...both the surplus and the risks.
>
>This was also the case prior to the Russian Revolution - the peasantry had 
>some very egalitarian
>principles.

which is, of course, why marx maintained that if any sort of communism were 
to come to russia it should be community-based, local, and not organized in 
a top-down fashion.

kelley