• gorikan@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    What a great summing up of an entire school of thought. Im sure you read most of marxist/communist literature. Damn Ill be surprised if you even opened capital to begin with.

    also notice how you had to completely derail his point to USSR for a strawman. He just claimed what communists want. You didnt adress that bcause he clearly was right there

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      2 days ago

      Damn Ill be surprised if you even opened capital to begin with

      I assume you are referring to Das Kapital? It is essential college reading for any third level student. Marx should be everybody’s starting point in politics, when it is also your end point, as it is with most of your crowd, you run into serious problems.

      Im sure you read most of marxist/communist literature

      I’m a much bigger fan of Henry George, Progress and Poverty is a much better book in both writing and content.

      also notice how you had to completely derail his point to USSR for a strawman

      It was not a straw man, our entire conversation is about Russia and the article we are commenting on is also about Russia, in the context of our conversation how is it not relevant? Should I have referred to some other random successful communist state that actually followed the teaching of Marx perfectly? The point was what communists want and what happens in reality are two very different things. This clearly went over your head, don’t worry about it though buddy, I am used to it from your crowd.