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Straw man On what basis do you make this claim? Would you care to define for us all what "communism" and it's "nature" is? Would you care to define "man's right to self-determination"? The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling...

youBROKEmyLIFE, can you read by any chance? In this thread and the other you have failed to take in anything I said. In answer to your question I will repost what I wrote only an hour ago.

Sweden? Socialism? Did I miss something? Zeam, I'm guessing you trolling, but I'll give a serious response. I won't disagree with you there ;) 1. China was never communist 2. Even the Maoists who recognise China during Mao's rule as being "socialist" recognise that modern china is (and...

Well no you didn't. But when you have Marx quoted in your sig and a hammer and sickle for an avatar it's really contradictory to go off and praise Putin and the Russian state for restricting the civil liberties of it's "people". I will seriously consider taking up that offer unless the thread...

Once again, proof that Sam04u is not a Marxist. Sorry Sam, Russian nationalism is not communism. Please try again when you grow a brain.

Sorry, but your still not making an argument. If you want to debate Marxist theory on it's merits I'm all for it, but all your doing right now is proving your own ignorance by your inability to piece together a simple argument. Yeah, sorry. I couldn't work out who to post images, so I gave up.

And this has what to do with the argument sorry? I don't get your point. 1. Again I don't follow you. What does Cuba have to do with communism? 2. There is no such thing as a "communist state", however the word "Communist state" is a real word which despite it's name refers to countries...

1. Sorry buddy but the LTV is not a justification of workers revolution. You can quite easily argue the case for socialism solely on the basis of social and historical necessity. The class struggle stands independent of value theory. 2. Socialism has nothing to do with bureaucracy or state...

Matt, I think you have some major misunderstandings about Marxism I feel the need to clear up. There can be no "ruling body which takes control after the revolution". Maybe you missed the first line of the General Rules of the International Workingmen's Association: "the emancipation of the...

Sorry, but what does the LTV have to do with alienation, class or the state? For someone who is studying "Marxist Philosophy" I expected better (no offense). 1. Marx never used the term "Socialism" to indicate the period of transition between the capitalist and communist modes of...

No. What was even the point of this post?

Whilst the second half of what you said here is sensible (ie. socialism is not about altruism), the first half is extremely shallow. Socialism is not simply the acquisition of better living standards for the "poor" (however that is defined). Rather, socialism is the self-abolition of the...

I did it, got a high distinction :]

I made 18 pages worth of notes on the subject and tried to upload em, but it didn't work. Shortly after my computer died and had to reformat and lost them all. Damn you BOS, damn you!

[/SIZE] From my knowledge progressive jew generally don't uphold the oral torah. The talmud along with the Tenach serve as the foundation of orthodox Judaism, but progressive jews on the otherhand hold the torah to their own interpretations, rejecting the othodox rabbinic interpretations of the...