Reply #152: "Marx lied to us about Communism,"

[eridani]

"--but he told the truth about capitalism" is a common saying in ex-Soviet countries.

Providing an effective critique really doesn't mean that you have the answers as to what to do about it. Top down centralized state ownership of the means of production isn't the solution.

I think most progressives these days are down with Noam Chomsky, who says that we just don't know enough to say what the best way to organize society is, or even how many 'best' ways there might be. He recommends trying things out to improve the public sphere and seeing how they work, and then making changes as necessary.