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In reply to the discussion: What is your opinion about Marxism? [View all]Dirty Socialist
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How does it lead to inefficient economic models that make everyone poor?
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#12
Capitalism serves to produce at whatever cost, regardless of actual demand.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#17
There are alternative explanations for the failure of certain states than "Marxism doesn't work"
DireStrike
Mar 2014
#40
It is the most important collection of socio-economic theory in human history.
Gravitycollapse
Mar 2014
#10
The same people who decry Marxist totalitarianism are perfectly OK with corporatist totalitarianism.
baldguy
Mar 2014
#19
I honestly didn't know what to expect. I am frankly surprised by both the number who think
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#31
Not me. Nothing surprises me about the result so far of this poll........
socialist_n_TN
Mar 2014
#45
I don't think they're very democratic at all. Maybe demaGOGIC, based on their tactics here.
DireStrike
Mar 2014
#60
Good at identifying the problem, less so at arriving at a realistic solution.
Tommy_Carcetti
Mar 2014
#32
Yes, the dialectical materialism is somewhat cartoonish and the predictions mostly wrong
Chathamization
Mar 2014
#80
Sometimes useful as an analytical tool, worthless as a source of solutions nt
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#52
Marxism is the philosophical system responsible for the greatest death toll in human history
kwassa
Mar 2014
#63
Regardless of the variance in the numbers, Marxism still wins in the death category.
kwassa
Mar 2014
#84
Another in a long line of imaginary forces we predicate our decisions and our lives on.
LanternWaste
Mar 2014
#87