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socialist_n_TN

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6. I don't know if it's the biggest difference, but......

Reply to fasttense (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 09:04 AM

Aug 2013

that's definitely ONE of the biggest difference.

I think that the biggest difference is that Marxists need some sort of objective proof to support their assertions, whereas SDs tend to use the Keynesian "animal spirits" or some sort of "great man" or "great movements" ideas to support their positions.

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