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Taverner

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3. Please allow me to retort:

Wed Sep 11, 2013, 05:24 PM

Sep 2013

Yes, I will agree the 1% is motivated by that survival skill, of being alpha

However many things are motivated by previous survival instincts, including slavery, serfdom and monarchies

Hell, all of us would love to be rich

But we won't all be rich

Lenninsts didn't care for it so much, and Stalinists REALLY didn't care for Marx

If capitalism were to go around fixing the problems cited by Marx, I would still think capitalism was the best solution

But it doesn't

Socialism does - in so far that it is not mandated by some central authority far away

Or any central authority for that matter

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Why Marx was Right [View all] Taverner Sep 2013 OP

Once upon a time there were several nation states who studied Marx at length. gordianot Sep 2013 #1

Complete BS - TBF Sep 2013 #2

Please allow me to retort: Taverner Sep 2013 #3

Excellent retort. gordianot Sep 2013 #4

That's why I think a decentralized socialism is the solution Taverner Sep 2013 #5

I met a distant cousin who grew up in East Germany at family reunion. gordianot Sep 2013 #6

I came to the conclusion that revolutionary class consciousness is near impossible. joshcryer Sep 2013 #7

+1000 Taverner Sep 2013 #8