You are a Marxist – but don't worry

Re:You are a Marxist – but don't worry by rayiner on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @05:04PM (#7388390)

The minute you take away the natural freedom of the big strong man to beat the nerd to death and take all his stuff, you're "structuring" society. After that, you're just arguing about what sort of structure you prefer.

As one of those nerds, I'm happy for the state to structure society in a way where my ability to do things with my brain matters than my ability to fight or lead people in fighting. But its foolish to believe that this structure is the natural order of things.

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Re:You are a Marxist – but don't worry by hrkristian on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @05:17PM (#7388461)

>The minute you take away the natural freedom of the big strong man to beat the nerd to death and take all his stuff, you're "structuring" society. After that, you're just arguing about what sort of structure you prefer.

Wisest words I've read so far on HN.

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Re:You are a Marxist – but don't worry by jchrisa on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @05:29PM (#7388525)

I also liked this from upthread: "wasteful economic practices which tend to be zero or negative sum when all externalities are accounted for."

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Re:You are a Marxist – but don't worry by Dewie on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @05:42PM (#7388591)

You must not find a lot of wisdom on here.

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Re:You are a Marxist – but don't worry by shasta on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @05:33PM (#7388556)

Wow, you must be super wise to even know that.

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