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joshcryer

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4. I think it's an observation about the division of labor.

Reply to Starry Messenger (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 05:02 AM

Apr 2013

Both Mises and Marx believe it is a necessary condition on which human society must operate, and that's where their similarity is. I am unconvinced. I think the author is wrong in characterizing Marxism's "purposive activity" being "production." Marxism is just as consumptive as any other system, as consumption is simply physically unavoidable.

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Yes, Libertarians Really Are Lazy Marxists [View all] PETRUS Mar 2013 OP

Libertarianism is a kind of utopian fantasy. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #1

I think it's an observation about the division of labor. joshcryer Apr 2013 #4

Hey there. PETRUS Apr 2013 #5

I honestly can't remember now why I had such a burr in my saddle in that post, lol. Starry Messenger Apr 2013 #6

I'm being lazy for right now due to a bad bout of insomnia last night ... Fantastic Anarchist Mar 2013 #2

Or it could just say "Libertarians really are lazy thinkers." limpyhobbler Mar 2013 #3