I was an anarchist as a teenager, I became a liberal socialist in college and now I am sort of a liberal republican who is somewhat sympathetic to syndicalism or some other non-capitalist organization that does not require massive redistribution of wealth.
I think that free market capitalism could be a vehicle for creating non-capitalist organizations. I think you can see this in organization like the Salvation Army. I believe it is wrong for the government to redistribute wealth past a certain amount. I am all for taxing the rich, but I am also suspicious of forcing people to accept the goods that a liberal state produces and the cultural effects of this.
I am interested in the philosophy of Alaisdair MacIntyre (himself a former Marxist and now a Thomist but still somewhat anti-capitalist). I agree with both his critique of liberal modernity (that I have read) which applies to Communism as well, the vacuous foundations of Marxist philosophy leave the Marxist state with a lack of a common, shared culture or vision of what the Marxist individual or nation should be like. The economy hardly substitutes for this. I agree with some remarks that Cornell West Made about Marxism as well, decrying its lack of humanity.
I voted for Romney in the last election but I still feel like a leftist radical, so I would say I am 1/4th Communist.
I think that free market capitalism could be a vehicle for creating non-capitalist organizations. I think you can see this in organization like the Salvation Army. I believe it is wrong for the government to redistribute wealth past a certain amount. I am all for taxing the rich, but I am also suspicious of forcing people to accept the goods that a liberal state produces and the cultural effects of this.
I am interested in the philosophy of Alaisdair MacIntyre (himself a former Marxist and now a Thomist but still somewhat anti-capitalist). I agree with both his critique of liberal modernity (that I have read) which applies to Communism as well, the vacuous foundations of Marxist philosophy leave the Marxist state with a lack of a common, shared culture or vision of what the Marxist individual or nation should be like. The economy hardly substitutes for this. I agree with some remarks that Cornell West Made about Marxism as well, decrying its lack of humanity.
I voted for Romney in the last election but I still feel like a leftist radical, so I would say I am 1/4th Communist.
