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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.


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