[lbo-talk] Reactionary Platitudes (Was Re: Marx, Brenner, Technology )

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Mon Sep 22 14:11:17 PDT 2003


Justin wrote:


> I'm too busy to get into this dispute, sorry.

That's OK.


> Hail capitalism, saviour of the world' downtrodden masses.

This isn't. I'd imagine you'd be pissed off if I said, "Hail Stalinism, savior of the world's downtrodden masses." The question was whether or not Soviet-style state socialism produced better results than its likely alternatives in third-world countries like China, Vietnam, North Korea etc. It's fine if you don't have the time to address it; I shouldn't either. (Though the dispute isn't fruitless--which side one ought to take might well bear quite directly on what side one ought to take with regard to future revolutionary/counterrevolutionary movements of the left and right.)

-- Luke



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