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meatcleaver -> RE: Six things the Palin pick says about McCain (9/2/2008 3:06:27 AM)
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ORIGINAL: celticlord2112
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Anyone who can dismiss a masterpiece of intellectual thought
Marx was wrong. University academics may find it stylish to celebrate his errors, but outside of the ivory tower that celebration has done more harm to humanity, to individuals, and to the environment than any other idea of the last 300 years. Which is why Marx's ideas have been rejected even by the totalitarian states that presumed to celebrate his grandiloquence.
Sublime and subtle thoughts predicated upon error are themselves error--and, yes, they are dismissed.
Marx's ideas were never used by totalitarian states because if you have read Marx, you would know his ideas have nothing to do with totalitarianism but were mainly an analysis of (19th century) society, the means of the production of wealth and the subjugation and exploitation of the poor by the rich. The right often purposely misquote Marx's political ideas out of context because they are scared of the potency of them, though even the USA has been influenced by some of Marx's ideas, there is not a democracy in the world that hasn't been influenced by his ideas but of course you would know that because you had read him.
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