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> At 02:03 PM 8/26/2008, Tayssir John Gabbour wrote:
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> >In the recent book _Real Utopia_, people pointed out how poorly we're
> >socialized to deal with each other as equals.
Equality is a tricky concept. See an interesting debate on Ma5x and Equality, part of a debate on the wealth gap, in lbo-talk in 2000.
There was an extensive debate over whether Marx Why Decry the Wealth Gap
The debate began with the following:
[mbs] Someone wrote: In fact, to follow your manner of speaking, I would proclaim that anyone not interested in equality can hardly be considered a leftist of any sort.
What about Karl Marx, who showed a great deal of interest in freedom and virtually none in equality? See, among other things, his famous atatck on "equal right" in the Critique of the Gotha Programme.
See: <http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2000/2000-January/001810.html>
Some useful observations at: http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2000/2000-January/001964.html
I would agree with the posters above: Marx showed a great deal of interest in freedom and none at all in equality, which he thought quite absurd.
Carrol