--- Charles Brown <cbrown at michiganlegal.org> wrote: CB: Yes, Marxists _do_ , of course, say that Marxism is immensely superior to other theories to guide practice, _not_ "forecast the future" . There's nothing in the classics about "forecasting the future". Saying Marxism is superior to other theories is not at all to say that Marxists are infallible. ---
I reread Trotsky's Results and Prospects and Permanent Revolution recently, and I know they're polemics, but he does say "so-and-so will INFALLIBLY come to pass" a heck of a lot.
By the way, it was with some surprise that I noticed that Trotsky's interpretation of Russian history was almost identical to that of Richard Pipes in Russia Under the Old Regime.
__________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail