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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 09:39:45 -0600 (MDT)
From: Bach-AT-pseud.pseud
Subject: M-INTRO: Attack on america


Argus has made some very valuable points about Marxism and the reaction
that Marx and followers may have taken.  He says 

Terrorism is Terrorism, any Marxist that would in spirit support
violence is a Terrorist.

Lzjamj and Boar have reacted much as the rest of the nation and
politicians have reacted, with emotion and speculation without really
listening to the issue.  Daklar, one of my classmates, has posed a valid
question and I believe that Argus has given a good idea of what this is
about.  Marxism is about trying to solve economic questions in a way that
everyone can reap the benefits.  There is a goodness in mankind and that
is what Marx relied on in theory, and he would have most assuredly
condemned this attack just as any sensible person would have done.

I think what Daklar is musing about has to do with the fact that the
United States 'enforces' freedom to the point that it seems that the
United States' government promotes capitalism to all nations.  The US
promotes freedom and democracy, it is the capitalists that promote
capitalism in other countries so that they have a cheaper and more
profitable mode of production.  

The attack on the WTC is horrific and tragic.  It is hard to believe that
anyone would do something so senseless.  It is impossible to compare what
has happened with results of capitalism, but it does offer an interesting
parallel.  Capitalism, with its immense income inequality and growing
globalization, has come with many costs.  Many have died and many more
have suffered as a result of the profit seekers.  Those that condemn the
attack on the US also condone the actions of capitalists.  

Daklar brought this up at a very emotional time but I do not believe that
he justifies the terrorists attacks.  He merely says that perhaps we
should stop justifying capitalist terrorism as well.

One question I would like to pose is this:  'Would Marxism be able to
replace capitalism and if it did, what would the costs and gains be from
it?'  I am very new to Marxist theory.






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