Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 08:44:52 +0000
Subject: M-G: Will Socialism Look Like this?



Joao  wrote:
'That's when we'll find out if you're a "conscious marxist" or not. If, by
then, you'll keep on being a reformist you will find yourself in the other
camp. You see, I'm trying to find ways of not having to shoot you right
now.'

Rob replied: I sincerely hope you have found a way not to shoot me right now - one way
might be to ask, how will anybody benefit from my shooting Rob?  You might
take to heart a line I read some time back - I think it was a bourgeois
economist called Roberts - 'Do that which will have the least negative
effect in the case that you turn out to be wrong'.  Anyway, it's just a
little inappropriate, if not chilling, to be discussing such things, isn't
it?  It scares me, anyway - and to little purpose.

Rob you have good cause to get scared when Joao talks like this. And
such hypocrisy coming from Joao who defends the Stalinist tradition 
and says that capitalism is not ready for revolution yet.  Before you 
start threatening to shoot reformists today Joao, even as a bad joke, 
think of  the thousands shot by Stalin who objected to his policy of 
sucking up to reformists which itself contributed to many millions shooting 
one another in an imperialist war.  

Dave


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