On Sep 29, 2009, at 11:08 AM, c b wrote:
> That's pretty funny, Charles. First, Marx really said next to nothing
> about a future regime, so I can't imagine what a "classically Marxist
> regime" would be.
> Doug
> CB: Next to nothing. ha ha ha ha ha ha !
> Remember these oldie but goodies, hardly next to nothing Doug ?
> We have seen above, that the first step in the revolution by the
> working class is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling
> class to win the battle of democracy.
What could be clearer? For Marx the essential character of the proletarian regime is *democracy*. For CB the stalinist totalitarian regimes are "classical Marxist."
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos