[lbo-talk] Progress and Cariucature (Was Re: Catholicism. . . )

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Dec 14 18:09:27 PST 2008


On Dec 14, 2008, at 9:04 PM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> I have no moral objections to capitalism. That is absurd, since the
> only
> "morality" available is cvapitalist morality. Marx does not 'oppose'
> capitalism ideologically; but Rousseau does. For Marx, it is history;
> for Rousseau, it is evil." Moralism always ends up with bourgeois
> demands for equality rather than Marxist demands for freedom.

So what are the grounds for these demands for freedom, if not some moral ones?

Doug



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