[lbo-talk] Some Observations on Class

Dick Grippon abe.initio at gmail.com
Tue Oct 25 07:03:06 PDT 2005


At 06:01 AM 10/25/2005, Victor wrote to Joanna:
>I see that you only read beyond the lines.
>
>Had you read the lines you would recognize that my commentary on the
>development of political economic systems is

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>based on a far broader collection of historical literature on the subject
>than the standard Marxist analyses, is a proposal for wide theoretical
>changes to the whole concept of the development of new modes of production
>and the consequent conflicts, for example and a much less restricted use
>of dialectical materialist method for analysing historical developments in
>general.

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>Had you read the lines you would have discovered that the final appeal of
>the article was not for restriction of book learning, but of book worship,
>i.e. the argument from authority and orthodoxy rather than from theory
>tested by evidence collected from historical practice.

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>Had you read the lines you should have realized that the use of the
>disturbing term "inimitable" as regards Mao's works was IRONIC.

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>You protest being patronized while demonstrating
>1. That your knowledge of theory is inadequate for an argument on the issues
>2. That the same could be said of you acquaintance with the historical
>material
>3. That your reading skills are seriously compromised by a fertile and
>fantastic imagination.

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