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3. Marxism was a failure in the 20th century

Reply to marmar (Reply #2)

Wed Dec 23, 2015, 10:47 AM

Dec 2015

The Soviet Union for instance.

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Prof. Richard Wolff: Capitalism - Not China - Is to Blame for the Current Global Economic Decline [View all] marmar Dec 2015 OP

Richard D. Wolff-everyone's favorite self avowed Marxist redstateblues Dec 2015 #1

And? marmar Dec 2015 #2

Marxism was a failure in the 20th century redstateblues Dec 2015 #3

Perhaps you should read his critiques. marmar Dec 2015 #4

The Soviet Union bastardized Marx's ideas. Marx didn't call for state control of anything. He saw Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #10

There was a political movement in the late 1890s and early 1900s like that. Igel Dec 2015 #52

"Marxism" wasn't really tried in the 20th Century TransitJohn Dec 2015 #11

The U.S.S.R. was socialist in name only. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #24

And how exactly is that relevant to the problems of capitalism? Bubzer Dec 2015 #35

Marxism EdwardBernays Dec 2015 #41

Marx was right about the capitalism end-game, even if his solution wasn't. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2015 #77

DURec leftstreet Dec 2015 #5

HUGE K & R !!! - THANK YOU !!! WillyT Dec 2015 #6

No, Wolff, we've no interest in communism LittleBlue Dec 2015 #7

Neither does Richard Wolff. marmar Dec 2015 #8

He's just another Marxist hack who had to modify his position after the fall of the soviets LittleBlue Dec 2015 #12

Worker co-ops are "totalitarian" ? marmar Dec 2015 #15

It's not going to work LittleBlue Dec 2015 #17

Nothing has killed more people than the capitalist exploitation of this planet.... marmar Dec 2015 #19

Wrong! LittleBlue Dec 2015 #21

Like Greece, Spain, Portugal and the other capitalist basket cases? marmar Dec 2015 #23

They're far, far wealthier than any communist nation LittleBlue Dec 2015 #25

Who's advocating communism? It's not the only alternative to capitalism. marmar Dec 2015 #28

That's where Marxism leads LittleBlue Dec 2015 #29

"because it's the only one that can exist without totalitarian force" marmar Dec 2015 #32

Nope. Every country in the world has already adopted capitalism because it proved the best LittleBlue Dec 2015 #33

Huge steaming pile. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #49

Yet nothing to prove Blue wrong, huh? 7962 Dec 2015 #57

Your posts in this thread are a grossly inefficient failure... AOR Dec 2015 #59

What does that refute? Primitive societies were primitive LittleBlue Dec 2015 #63

It refutes without a shred of doubt... AOR Dec 2015 #64

Then why have we been capitalist since the fall of hunter gatherer societies? LittleBlue Dec 2015 #69

Ha!Yet none of them LIVE in one of those paradises either do they? 7962 Dec 2015 #72

They should try a few days in North Korea LittleBlue Dec 2015 #74

You are truely lost and it makes me more than a "little blue" to have to explain... AOR Dec 2015 #75

Maybe you should research how changing to capitalism saved the colonists. 7962 Dec 2015 #73

Indeed.. AOR Dec 2015 #76

Ha. What a weak response. But pretty much what i expected. 7962 Dec 2015 #85

Horseshit. Stalin himself is responsible for then of millions killed. 7962 Dec 2015 #56

The tattered ghost of Joe McCarthy would be proud... AOR Dec 2015 #60

The usual; insults but nothing to back it up. Sorry the truth hurts your feelings. 7962 Dec 2015 #70

Well you see... AOR Dec 2015 #78

Finally we agree; you deserve what you get. 7962 Dec 2015 #86

Necessarily so, in practice. Igel Dec 2015 #53

You're using Forbes.com as a credible source? TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #27

Keep drinking the red sauce. Capitalism won LittleBlue Dec 2015 #30

Fine, stay in the 20th century and let the rest of the world leave you behind. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #40

I will. And we'll continue to grow LittleBlue Dec 2015 #43

Good luck! TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #45

It would be hard to find more reactionary talking points... AOR Dec 2015 #62

I can understand why you feel that way... Wounded Bear Dec 2015 #9

Capitalism has enriched the masses more than any other idea in history LittleBlue Dec 2015 #14

+1 TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #46

Capitalism is designed to impoverish the masses, it is working as designed Vincardog Dec 2015 #13

It isn't, actually LittleBlue Dec 2015 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Vincardog Dec 2015 #22

99.99999% of China was in poverty under communism LittleBlue Dec 2015 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author Vincardog Dec 2015 #34

Because China switched to capitalism LittleBlue Dec 2015 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Vincardog Dec 2015 #38

Uh no we did it right LittleBlue Dec 2015 #42

Nice job on this thread Yorktown Dec 2015 #88

Capitalism is like a religion to some. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #31

This. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #50

Let me know next time you want to take a trip to Newark New Jersey... AOR Dec 2015 #68

That's because you're talking about poverty in relative terms LittleBlue Dec 2015 #71

People are starving to death every day all over the world... AOR Dec 2015 #80

People routinely starved under feudalism. We ended starvation for the vast majority of the world LittleBlue Dec 2015 #87

Thanks for the post. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #18

He has been giving the same lecture for years. Throd Dec 2015 #37

I hope he continues. TIME TO PANIC Dec 2015 #44

I bet most of DU doesn't even know who he is. Throd Dec 2015 #47

With all undue respect, Richard Wolff is an ass Yorktown Dec 2015 #20

Well said LittleBlue Dec 2015 #39

Good work little blue redstateblues Dec 2015 #48

Yes "fine work" indeed... AOR Dec 2015 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author MFrohike Dec 2015 #83

Ah, you're one of those people who feels the west needs to be brought back to reality through Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #51

I am not judging, merely recording an inevitable fact Yorktown Dec 2015 #66

Capitalism is far from the default position. Igel Dec 2015 #54

Are you suggesting feudalism is an attractive substitute for free markets? Yorktown Dec 2015 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author MFrohike Dec 2015 #82

If Professor Wolff believes that more democracy... meaculpa2011 Dec 2015 #55

He's an academic doing what academics do. Working in academia. Ed Suspicious Dec 2015 #58

Capitalism is a religion to many selfish Americans U4ikLefty Dec 2015 #61

The fact that people on this thread are flogging GDP Ron Green Dec 2015 #79

Private Equity & Holding Cos KT2000 Dec 2015 #81

This message was self-deleted by its author MFrohike Dec 2015 #84