Marx died in 1883. He is not responsible for the use of his theories and for the school of thought that carries his name (part of which is not at all anti-democratic, just as most socialist thought, as I seem to have to constantly repeat, is not at all illiberal or anti-democratic, and that since before Marx).
Marx died in 1883. He is not responsible for the use of his theories and for the school of thought that carries his name (part of which is not at all anti-democratic, just as most socialist thought, as I seem to have to constantly repeat, is not at all illiberal or anti-democratic, and that since before Marx).
Political Marxism, inasmuch as it preaches the dictatorship of the proletariat, is either dead -- as the industrial working class went the way of the dinosaurs -- or a recitation of enchantments void of sense used in the liturgies of totalitarian bureaucracies.
But Marx's philosophy, which spans much wider than just political economy, is a well of compelling ideas most of which are not at all incompatible or opposed to democracy and liberalism.
The Christian churches of every denomination have frequently acted and strived to suppress democracy. Should we then abstain from quoting the Christian principles that support democracy? Seems an idle exercise in purity of the woke kind.
Marx died in 1883. He is not responsible for the use of his theories and for the school of thought that carries his name (part of which is not at all anti-democratic, just as most socialist thought, as I seem to have to constantly repeat, is not at all illiberal or anti-democratic, and that since before Marx).
Political Marxism, inasmuch as it preaches the dictatorship of the proletariat, is either dead -- as the industrial working class went the way of the dinosaurs -- or a recitation of enchantments void of sense used in the liturgies of totalitarian bureaucracies.
But Marx's philosophy, which spans much wider than just political economy, is a well of compelling ideas most of which are not at all incompatible or opposed to democracy and liberalism.
The Christian churches of every denomination have frequently acted and strived to suppress democracy. Should we then abstain from quoting the Christian principles that support democracy? Seems an idle exercise in purity of the woke kind.
On Ukraine, I agree in full with you.