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Hillary Clinton

pandr32

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17. I have a copy of "The Communist Manifesto"

Reply to teamster633 (Reply #14)

Thu Jun 2, 2016, 03:11 PM

Jun 2016

...left over from college. I remember being very surprised when I read it because I expected something sinister. The idealism of true capitalism hasn't been reached either. It was based on the presumption that human beings have inherent goodness and decency and so things would have balance. Maybe some do, but there will always be those that will take advantage and grab power--upsetting things for everyone else.
Louis Althusser's essays on ideological apparatuses nails down what happens in organized society.
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm

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Pretty much destroys any notion of democratic values pandr32 Jun 2016 #3

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There isn't a rational reason pandr32 Jun 2016 #8

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After the revolution... teamster633 Jun 2016 #12

We have never had real communism pandr32 Jun 2016 #13

Maybe I misunderstood there being a distinction while there was actually no difference. teamster633 Jun 2016 #14

I have a copy of "The Communist Manifesto" pandr32 Jun 2016 #17

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Agreed, and I enjoyed your post pandr32 Jun 2016 #21

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