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Starry Messenger

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5. I have.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:35 AM

Sep 2013

Even knowing the science behind this makes it painful to observe in real time. But you know its getting obvious when even the Daily Show is talking about imperialism.

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How many DUers have read Lenin's [View all] malaise Sep 2013 OP

I read Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, et al. TM99 Sep 2013 #1

Very perceptive comments northoftheborder Sep 2013 #2

I realized before I was out of my teens that Communism and Objectivism suffered the same fatal flaw Warpy Sep 2013 #6

True. I think one of the very many things we tend to overlook is that, while perfection is Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #12

I think these two quotes sum up what we are both getting at. TM99 Sep 2013 #13

I have never read Marx or Lenin, forbidden books in my Catholic school, Cleita Sep 2013 #3

Somehow, eliminating capitalism didn't eliminate imperialism... brooklynite Sep 2013 #4

I have. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #5

Read it in college. We are there. Now the question is, Zorra Sep 2013 #7

Exactly abelenkpe Sep 2013 #9

I have......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #8

And one of the first things the Bolsheviks did was restore empire. Igel Sep 2013 #10

No the FIRST thing the Bolsheviks had to do...... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #14

No, we have very little in common with the industrial age Recursion Sep 2013 #11