[lbo-talk] Marx as the Theorist of Capitalism vs Marx as a Political Thinker

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Nov 12 14:07:15 PST 2007


On Nov 12, 2007, at 4:44 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> This is an empirical prediction, and Marx offers no evidence for
> it. It
> certainly doesn't follow _necessarily_ from the preceding analysis.
> I'm
> not sure it makes any sense at all except as wishful thinking.

Nothing's ever going to happen if you don't think, imagine, and try. The passive despair that comes with depression shouldn't be confused with a political strategy. And I say that as someone who's no stranger to depression.

Doug



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