> I wonder what life form Marx would have assigned to those who are unable to communicate except through quotations from Marx.
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> It is both irritating and profoundly depressing.
The texts I quote are a necessary part of the interpretive arguments I'm making.
The arguments can't be communicated without them.
As for Marx, I assume he would expect readers to make a serious attempt to understand what he meant. How else could they manage to determine if what he meant was true?
Ted