[lbo-talk] on the prerequisites for LBO-talk'ing

[joanna bujes]

I wouldn't agree. I would put it otherwise: that people who have read 
Marx should be able to communicate clearly and to explain their meaning 
without having to assume that everyone else has read Marx. Of course, 
that would mean that they actually understood Marx.

Joanna

ravi wrote:


>On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 21:22 -0800, Miles Jackson wrote:
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>>Most of the people who post to LBO have read Marx, and many are
>>enthusiastic enough about his work to call themselves Marxists
>>("liberals" are right-wingers around here!).  If you want to
>>participate in the discussion in a meaningful way, you need to
>>understand Marx.  The Communist Manifesto is a good place to
>>start!
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>so doug, would you agree with the above? doesn't this assume that marx
>was mostly right? is that fairly well established? (yeah i know, what
>ignorance!!! ;-)). is it time for me to start packing? ;-)
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>	--ravi, now a liberal ... i think!
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