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

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Mar 28 10:37:41 PST 2005


ravi wrote:


>On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 21:22 -0800, Miles Jackson wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
>
>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? ;-)

To answer the questions in reverse order:

* No, please don't start packing.

* It's not well established.

* Yes, Marx was mostly right, though he mostly overlooked the subjective element.

* No, I don't agree with the above. I think everyone should read Marx, but there are no prerequisites for this list.

Doug



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