[lbo-talk] The zen of marx (was clarification)

Lakshmi Rhone lakshmirhone at gmail.com
Mon Feb 15 10:02:41 PST 2010


On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Lakshmi Rhone <lakshmirhone at gmail.com>wrote:


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> On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Ted Winslow <egwinslow at rogers.com> wrote
> (quoting Marx):
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> To oppose the welfare of the individual to this end, as Sismondi does, is
>> to assert that the development of the species must be arrested in order to
>> safeguard the welfare of the individual, so that, for instance, no war may
>> be waged in which at all events some individuals perish.
>>
>
> Frankly speaking, Ted you are scaring me. My social justice perspective is
> at odds with your Marxism/Stalinism. I worry that I am on the wrong list.
>
> LR
>

Just to clarify: I don't think the development of the productive forces should come at the happiness, much less lives, of actual individuals, especially those most precariously situated. LR



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