[lbo-talk] Philosophy and Politics (was How to Deconstruct Almost Anything)

[Charles Brown]

Yoshie F. 
Ha, ha, ha.  Islam, or any other religion, is hardly interesting if it is
taken as a school of thought.  Religion is only really interesting when it
is an organized religion, just as Marxist thought is only really interesting
when it is an integral part of an organized social movement.  Why are
Islamists more interesting than Marxists in the Middle East?  Not because
the former think better than the latter -- though they can, depending on
subjects -- but because some of them get a third of their country out into
the streets and know how to handle Kalashnikovs.

^^^^
CB: There's probably a slight residue of Marxist movement in the
Kalashnikovs.