Ya know, the criticism of Mao is not so much that he created an authoritarian state, but that his actions resulted in ten of millions of deaths.
But then, "murder is wrong" is a moral category, and thus not worthy of Coxian consideration.
--- On Tue, 5/12/09, SA <s11131978 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: SA <s11131978 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] The Sixties and Platonic Farts
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009, 4:45 PM
> Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> > I'm not being facetious. That criticism is obviously
> correct -- and also
> > obviusly, given the realities of mid-century U.S.,
> utter nonsense.
> >
> > That is what I mean by a Platonic Fart. Criticism of
> Mao for creating an
> > authoritarian state is just as accurate -- and just as
> nonsensical. It
> > is a Platonic Fart.
> >
>
> That's true, Carrol. But by that logic, criticism of
> anything that ever
> happened would be a Platonic Fart.
>
> Which would naturally exclude ruthless criticism of all
> that exists.
>
> SA
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