(June 26, 2019 at 11:23 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Much of that was Hegel's influence. I tend to like Early Marx better than Late Marx too. Late Marx was a bit too sure of himself and his solution. Early Marx was more of a liberal... more of a dude who wanted to improve the human condition... not so hoisted on his own petard.
Marx made some precise evaluations about what drives the price of labor and how, left unchecked, capitalism would render human life completely valueless. He was pretty on point in his criticisms. His solutions relied on some unfounded assumptions, true. But he doesn't have to be right about everything to be right about something.
Yeah, it's been pretty widely argued that Marx would have been better off if he'd never heard of Hegel. Can't say I disagree.
I also agree that Marx didn't get everything wrong (few people ever do), but his predictions about the State withering away and communal ownership making everything all sweetness and light simply don't take into account how human beings do things.
Boru
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