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JackInGreen

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5. I don't think so, Tim.

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Thu Jul 5, 2012, 09:03 AM

Jul 2012

Some of us remember the line of Eld, and some of us still have our guns.

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Why Marxism is on the rise again [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

Read this late last night malaise Jul 2012 #1

For a taste of the Frankfurt School, Herbert Marcuse is coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #84

Have a good friend who loved Marcuse malaise Jul 2012 #92

Marxism on the Rise Again Iggy Jul 2012 #2

Ding ding ding alcibiades_mystery Jul 2012 #10

Indeed! chervilant Jul 2012 #3

Capitalism is the chief cause of socialism. Socialism is the chief cause of capitalism. RadiationTherapy Jul 2012 #4

I don't think so, Tim. JackInGreen Jul 2012 #5

Gilead has fallen my friend. have you forgotten the faces of your fathers? dionysus Jul 2012 #7

That is so true. I like the European idea of a marriage of BOTH systems. loudsue Jul 2012 #6

here in the EU, we (the government health care providers) pay sooo much less for pharma drugs stockholmer Jul 2012 #13

While traveling abroad in '07 I wandered into a pharmacy and asked if a certain antibiotic was Citizen Worker Jul 2012 #53

big pharma does research? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #95

'The Truly Staggering Cost Of Inventing New Drugs' stockholmer Jul 2012 #98

they spend more on marketing than research, & most of the real research is funded by the government. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #107

thanks for the links, and I despise big pharma, btw stockholmer Jul 2012 #109

Agreed, Right Now Iggy Jul 2012 #57

With a 'real' unemployment rate of some 15-18%, capitalism is failing to coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #86

where do they have it sitting, under the bed? i'd bet it's invested in something, just not in HiPointDem Jul 2012 #96

I read one article Iggy Jul 2012 #99

i find that hard to believe. if $ isn't invested in *something* it loses value, and even more so HiPointDem Jul 2012 #106

I'm Not Convinced Iggy Jul 2012 #110

It seems to work Prophet 451 Jul 2012 #81

Um, feudalism was the chief cause of capitalism - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #85

You have to be careful unreadierLizard Jul 2012 #8

The USSR was as much Communist as the Nazis were Socialists. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #19

N/M BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #21

The USSR never claimed to be communist. They claimed to be socialist and a democracy. Puregonzo1188 Jul 2012 #27

That's the point. I'm glad that people are educating themselves. Hopefully it is not too late Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #28

Back when it was the Anarchists and Bolshiveks, it was actually working towards Communism Taverner Jul 2012 #49

I'd rather go down the road of Norway and Sweden. backscatter712 Jul 2012 #41

Sweden has a free market capitalist economy hack89 Jul 2012 #71

both have moved to the right since the 1980s. HiPointDem Jul 2012 #97

The Soviet Union was not Marxist lunatica Jul 2012 #45

I'm already in poverty, so I don't have to be careful... nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #48

Ding, ding, ding. Bravo! - n/t coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #87

The major problem with the Soviet Union was its totalitarian political system and NOT kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #52

i think the major problem with the soviet union BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #62

I will rave about how the USSR kicked Nazi Germany's ass along a 2,000-mile front while coalition_unwilling Jul 2012 #88

Well that part was admirable. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #90

Josef Stalin and Chairman Mao were Socialist much like Pastor Hagee is Christian. Zalatix Jul 2012 #59

no true scotsman BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #61

Doesn't apply here. Zalatix Jul 2012 #63

so what are these big tenets of socialism? BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #65

Everyone is equal, for one. Zalatix Jul 2012 #67

So is this "pissing on marxism"? hughee99 Jul 2012 #68

But that doesn't make Socialism bad. Zalatix Jul 2012 #69

No, it doesn't. hughee99 Jul 2012 #70

"squalor"? BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #72

Unregulated Capitalism and inherited wealth will be the downfall of us all, if things do not change. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #9

Drones. Zalatix Jul 2012 #64

I can see why. ananda Jul 2012 #11

Because the Teabaggers hate it! Crowman1979 Jul 2012 #12

With either system, the temptation is for the 1% to enrich themselves Lydia Leftcoast Jul 2012 #14

Thanks for sharing this Lydia. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2012 #20

aren'tt fascist parties gaining in Europe too? Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #15

you need to learn more about marxism. nt xchrom Jul 2012 #16

I've seen enough of it Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #17

Appealing to emotion, not logic, like the Tea Party? Applying morality to economics, like patrice Jul 2012 #30

oh my god, you don't know ANYTHING BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #32

insults mean you have no argument Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #33

an argument to what? BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #34

no...the worst in someone who ignores history and facts... Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #38

So said the first three developers of the wheel. LanternWaste Jul 2012 #39

I'm pretty sure a round shaped wheel always worked Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #40

no BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #43

you have yet to make an argument but please keep insulting me... Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #76

you're absolutely right BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #82

Have you read any of Marx? white_wolf Jul 2012 #42

yes I have read Marx and some his ideas have merit.. Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #75

And there you have it folks. At least he/she ADMITS......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #93

I don't think that was my point... Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #100

And bosses are the ONLY ones who can provide leadership........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #111

you make it sound like I'm being greedy just for wanting to run a business Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #112

Why was there a drug test? nt tama Nov 2012 #113

I hope more people wake up to the fact that Blue_Tires Jul 2012 #18

an older wiser friend of mine said marx was not practicle when a strong middle class was around dembotoz Jul 2012 #22

that is usually the result, destruction of the middle class Puzzledtraveller Jul 2012 #25

The middle-class is more accurately described as the protector class, They are the serfs granted Egalitarian Thug Jul 2012 #31

They create their own gravediggers. nt Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #46

Beasts of England, Beasts of Ireland, Beasts of every land and clime, Hearken to my joyful tidings, Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #23

What goes around comes around. Bake Jul 2012 #24

Yeah, they do. This is what? The third time in a little over......... socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #58

True, but Marxism fails because people are corrupt. Bake Jul 2012 #102

I've been calling myself a "born-again Communist" for years TrogL Jul 2012 #26

Bumping slackmaster Jul 2012 #29

Most of what Marx said about Communism turned out to be false. Unfortunately.. ThoughtCriminal Jul 2012 #35

Socialism not Marxism Mosaic Jul 2012 #36

Here's the party for you. Puzzledtraveller Jul 2012 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #44

Capitalism is a religion that only those incapable of logic and reason... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #47

Capitalism is a predatory system that is impossible to maintain forever Hugabear Jul 2012 #50

I'm looking forward to a day when Marx is as uncontroversial as Galileo. Starry Messenger Jul 2012 #51

Marxism is making a comeback because liberal economics is failing to explain the world we see. limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #54

my bad. i thought you meant GROUCHO marxism. eom ellenfl Jul 2012 #55

Marxism explains the economy, the political, and the social........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #56

The single-party political system coupled with state-controlled capitalism appears to be winning. FarCenter Jul 2012 #60

LOL...nt SidDithers Jul 2012 #66

It still cracks me up that the Communists bailed out Tsiyu Jul 2012 #73

so now China is Marxist when it suits your argument but not Marxist when people Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #80

Wasn't aware I had made an argument here Tsiyu Jul 2012 #94

sorry to get defensive.. Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #101

No problema Tsiyu Jul 2012 #105

Socialism is on the rise because the Worker will Rise up lovuian Jul 2012 #74

I'm a capitalist who agrees that if left unregulated capitalism would fail Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #77

European Social Democrats, and NOT Lenin were the legitimate heirs of Marx DBoon Jul 2012 #78

bad argument FOR Marxism because Social Democrats rejected Marxism... Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #79

also rejected communist revolution in favor of imperialist war BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #83

Marx wanted Germany to engage in the imperialist Crimean war... Green_Lantern Jul 2012 #104

the same german social democrats BOG PERSON Jul 2012 #89

Very True. Add to that the Anarcho-Syndicalists, the Zapatistas and the Spanish Republic Taverner Jul 2012 #103

Marxism is on the rise because the robber barons are on the loose. nt rrneck Jul 2012 #91

FDR and the Progressives of His Time, Knew That Marxism or Facism Was On The Rise Yavin4 Jul 2012 #108