The Triumph of Hope..

[joanna bujes]

At 05:01 PM 01/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>As I've argued in the thread on Marxism and bodies with regard to
>>disablement, classical Marxism is not a philosophy of inequality
>>indignant at workers in rich nations being better off than workers in
>>poor nations, nor is it a philosophy of utility idealizing the
>>cheapening of commodities that allows consumption of more and more.

Agreed. Marx was neither stupid nor simple minded. He is one of the most 
intelligent writers/thinkers I have ever read. I would even go so far as to 
say that he is the first person who taught me to think. (Good sense of 
humor too....but verrry, verrry dry.)

Joanna