Why Marxism is on the rise again

[longship]

1. It worked out so well the first time.

Maybe we ought to try it again?

I have sympathy for these arguments. But I have problems about how it has been implemented. That is always the devil in the details.

Marxism vs capitalism. They are ever portrayed as a dichotomy. But that's artificial. Either, when implemented, are flawed. Neither are a solution although there may be elements of a solution within any such political philosophy. The problem is when a government uses such philosophy to stamp out all others.

It's what separates Dems from Reps today. People here at DU complain about the lack of liberal purity here. But that is precisely makes the Dems work when the Reps don't work. Yes, there is a lot of discord, but governance is never neat. This is the difference between the parties here these days. The Dems are looking for solutions; the Reps think they have the only true solution, no matter the outcome.

Socialism, Marxism, Conservatism, or any other political philosophy are only as good as the test of, when they are implemented, how well they actually work in practice.

I think us Dems have good ideas here and it warms my black heart that Marx is brought up here. (Karl, although I also approve of Groucho.)

Let's keep on keeping on.

Good post.