Ryan R.
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Post by Ryan R. on Nov 4, 2011 11:51:32 GMT -5
In my opinion the majority of the working class population know little about Marxism and might not even care. I personally have read a little of marx and it doesn't exactly interest me. These days it just seems like academic jargon. There is of course a historical relevance to marxism but to reiterate the same theories seems tired and overused. I suppose what I am saying is the working class will never be freed by fancy words, theories, and ivory towers. "I was not aware that the discussion of the theory of working class power could seriously be considered bourgeois..." The idea of working class power is by no means bourgeois, It is the assumption that working class people are going to care about Marx and theories in general (which in my opinion and from my life experience are typically and most commonly discussed among college educated males) I do not wish to replace an existing power with a different form of power, I want to get rid of it entirely. I don't exactly expect workers to be reading Das Kapital on the barricades, I am merely saying that it would be foolish for us to forgo Marxist analysis when dealing with questions confronting the movement. Whether we choose to recognize it or not, the relevance of Marxism is always going to be present in these matters. It may not be directly referred to as such at first, but it will still be pertinent.
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bw
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Post by bw on Nov 6, 2011 10:59:40 GMT -5
I hear you and agree with you, I guess I will leave the marxist theory up to others. What I think would be a worthy cause would be to somehow "translate" it, rephrase it using analogies etc to be easily and quickly understood... I wonder if anyone ever wrote a children's book based on marxist theory? who knows...
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