Date: Thu, 23 Nov 1995 11:32:02 -0500 (EST)
From: tlmkr-AT-tlug.reptiles.org
Subject: Re: Mid.Class2



On Thu, 23 Nov 1995, Louise wrote:

> that is that Marx said a society had to have been industrialised 
> before it can embark on the road to communism, also that communism 
> had to be a global thing. That must therefore mean that in accordance 
> with marx we'er at least 100 years away from a global revolution 
> because all the developing countries have to idustrialise (which 
> looks quite unlikly in the more unstable ones, who's going to want to 
> invest in those?) the the workers have to become discontented THEN 
> they can have a go at revoultion. So whatever happens, it's not in my 
> life time.
> 
Some thoughts:
	
	Marx made MAJOR contributions to our understanding of history
and revolution, just as say Darwin and Einstein made contributions of
similar importance in their fields. But the modern theory of evolution
is not exactly the same as the theory that Darwin put forth. Evolution
is a growing scientific endevour that has had many contributors since
Darwin, some more correct than others. Likewise in the field of science 
that attempts to understand history and revolution. The last great
contribution to this field came from Leon Trotsky with his theory of
uneven development. In a nutshell it states that economies, industries,
nations, history, whatever(actually all phenomenae) develop  at different
rates and according to local conditions. Revolution does not happen 
everywhere at once, so it is possible that revolution can occur in one
geographic location, or one industry, in advance of what may become a 
general condition. I suspect that if you are still "young" you will
see revolution in your lifetime. Actually if you pay close attention
to what is happening it has quite obviously begun. 

		take care-
			tlmkr <:-)=< (on his side "resting")


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