[lbo-talk] first steps

[123hop at comcast.net]

"But, I'm REALLY convinced that the next wave of left wing leaders and
activists are going to NEED
business/finance/industrial/technical/'capitalist' knowledge in order to
begin liberating small groups of people and some small pools of capital as a
necessary pre-requisitie to successively administering, any local, state, or
federal goverment or political party or pre-1914 SPD type organization, or
even small business enterprises. I'd even suggest that if all marxists put
their money where their mouth was, in a specifically 'marxist' bank or stock
brokerage, that'd be taking the class struggle INTO the markets in a way
that may help...."

Congratulations on making it through some tough years.

Can you say something more about the above?

What would be the point of using capitalist notions and structures to build a socialist society? Why would Marxists want to buy and sell stocks?

Thanks,

Joanna