Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:37:17 -0600 From: SHEEPLAB-AT-pseud.pseud Subject: Re: M-INTRO: Marxist societies I would have to agree with Boo0075 that I do not think that there are any modern societies that can be considered truly socialist. I would be curious to know more about your statement "A revolution of thought must occur before the revolution of the workers may occur." Isn't it possible that one might get wrapped up in a fight for a cause before they know exactly what he is fighting for? I'm sure that there must be some new thoughts introduced into a society, but I don't know if the two revolutions can be so separated that one must follow the other. >>> boo0075-AT-pseud.pseud 10/24/00 01:03PM >>> I highly doubt that any modern country can be considered socialist, but I do believe there are examples of socialist societies. Take for example the Bushmen in Africa. Before the introduction of western thought and materialism the communities shared resources and essentially functioned as a classless societies. The introduction of Capitalism and competition have fractured many cultures which operate within a socialist paradigm and caused an erosion of community values. For a country to be truly socialist, a revolution of thought must occur before the revolution of the workers may occur. These "primitive" societies recognize the interdependence of everyone's labor for the survival of the community. It is a lesson that members of our "developed" nations do not understand and thus exploitation occurs as workers do not see themselves as important or deserving of anything other then what their employers are willing to give them. --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list marxism-intro-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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