Re:On Being Midwestern: The Burden of Normality
by throwawayjava on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:03PM
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> I'm calling everything collectivist that has resulted in the above Marxist.
Which is silly and does not comport how anyone serious about political economy would use the term "Marxist".
You're free to use whatever words you want, but don't expect productive dialog if you dream up crazy definitions that no one else uses.
I wasn't specifically referring to closeparen's comment at that point. What are you trying to pull?
And it has a name. That name is Marxism.
Sounds like your intoning some kind of quasi-religious exceptionalism.
Marxism refers to, you know, Marx's system of thought.
Which historically results in one group of people violently seizing stuff from another group of people using some collectivist morality because individual rights means nothing to them. Nothing confusing about that.
calling everything that's "not you" a Marxist is pretty lazy.
I'm calling everything collectivist that has resulted in the above Marxist. Historically, most everything collectivist that has gained control of a society has resulted in the above and has called itself "Marxist."