[lbo-talk] bertell ollman article

John Thornton jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Dec 26 12:48:14 PST 2008


I believe I did. I noted that it was agitprop rather than a serious essay and that is why it is silly. In my opinion most agitprop is silly but generally by necessity. Silly by necessity is still silly however.

John Thornton

wrobert at uci.edu wrote:
> I think you would need to embed it in its historical context in
> order to evaluate it, given that it's a piece of agitprop, rather
> than theoretical engagement. robert wood
>
>
> MICHAEL YATES wrote:
>
>>> Bertell Ollman has an essay on mrzine (www.mrzine.org) titled Socialism
>>> is Practical
>>> Christianity. I thought the essay was pretty stupid. If anyone is
>>> interested, I'd like
>>> to know your view of it.
>>>
>>> Michael Yates
>>>
>> Isn't this political agitprop rather than a serious essay?
>> That's why it's silly.
>> You can always cherry pick what you like from the bible or the words of
>> its teachers to make the points you wish.
>> That is why its influence has lasted so long.
>> Ultimately christianity relies on a supernatural power external to
>> humankind for guidance while socialism rejects such superstitious
>> nonsense.
>> That means socialism has nothing to do with christianity any more than
>> buddhism or any other teaching that may have some overlapping ideas.
>> Using the same logic since red is a color and artists use colors the Red
>> Army is really an artists guild.
>>
>> John Thornton



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