RE: Noteworthy News
September 16, 2024 at 10:39 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2024 at 11:00 pm by Ivan Denisovich.)
(September 16, 2024 at 9:04 pm)Jackalope Wrote: I've gone from "Ayn Rand is insightful" in my 20s to "Karl Marx wasn't wrong about a few things" in my 50s. I was an idiot back then. I'm still an idiot, but I was back then too.
It was I believe Zygmunt Bauman* who said that Marx thought was a crappy thing to build society on but excellent vehicle for criticism of capitalism and it is take that I agree with.
*It can be found in Socialism the Active Utopia if I recall correctly.
The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God. As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.
Mikhail Bakunin.
Mikhail Bakunin.