On Sun, 11 Sep 2016 13:24:21 -0400 Steve Kinney <admin@pilobilus.net> wrote:
In my lexicon, Marxism denotes a failed 20th century political model based on 19th century industrial economics, surviving into the 21st century as a sterile debating society for pseudo-intellectuals.
Yes and no. The current political system is pretty much 'marxist' and becoming more so by the day. Just look at what % of the economy is directly or slightly indirectly controlled by the government. How close the system is to a police state, especially in 'cyberspace' And look at how popular is the idea that 'society' must be 'scientifically' ruled by 'scientists'.
But then I'm an anarchist:
But marxism is anarchist too! First they set up a totalitarian state, and then it magically vanishes...ha ha ha...
I like general models applicable to a wide range of dynamic systems; don't like rigid, dogmatic, prescriptive models.
I interpret "social chaos in Western society" as a result of several driving factors: Commercial marketing strategies creating pseudo-tribal identities for consumers, to sell them must-have and constantly changing gang identity and specialized status symbol products; political propaganda in a "divide the conquered" strategy that incites conflicts between these pseudo-tribes to keep them busy fighting among themselves; and cut-throat competition within and between these pseudo-tribes, as systematic looting by the very rich gradually reduces all of them to poverty. Add constant, pervasive propaganda proving that things only money can buy define the worth of a human being, that nonconformity is a disease, and that violence solves problems (turn on a TV and stand back). Viola: Social chaos, made to order.
Well, that's the mercantilistic/corporatist side of things, but it doesn't go against extensive central planning anyway.
Ask a True Believer and they will tell you that this post is a passionate defense of Marxism, and that I am a Race Traitor who deserves to be tortured and killed as a lesson and warning to others. That's not my hyperbole; it's a nearly direct quote from one of them.
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