[lbo-talk] The Ideology Problem

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Tue May 4 15:51:29 PDT 2010


shag carpet bomb wrote:
>
> At 06:15 PM 5/4/2010, Carrol Cox wrote:
>
> >Somebody Somebody wrote:
> > >
> > >
> >Socialism didn't get it's ass beat in the 20th century due to a failure
> >to fully grapple with epistemological or metaphysical questions. It was
> >because it didn't provide the right answers to questions dealing with
> >the relations of production.
> >
> >Oh fuck! The same voluntraism that poisons most attempts to "judge" past
> >socialist struggles. (Incientally, this personification of Socialism is
> >a bit silly too.) Socialist movements failed because after doint as well
> >as it was possible to do, the working classes of the world were simply
> >weaker thab capitalism. Nothing socialist movementts/leaders might
> >have done differently would have changed the outcome.
> >
> >Carrol
>
> the subject of history problem, strikes again!

And every time it strikes Alhusser looks more and more attractive.

Carrol



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