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

Miles Jackson cqmv at pdx.edu
Mon Mar 28 16:36:45 PST 2005


On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Doug Henwood wrote:


> 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

I protest! My remarks are being taken out of context above: in the thread, a poster (Carrol?) made reference to a Marxist idea, Tully admitted she was lost, I encouraged her to fill in a gap in her knowledge. I do not mean to say you must read and idolize Marx to post to the list!

Miles



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