There's a lot of truth in that argument....

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Post #195,954 by Simon_Jester 2/22/05 12:57:25 PM Reply	There's a lot of truth in that argument.... Communism - true communism, requires that the participants be very (hmm..bad word?) morally advanced. (It also assumes that the leaders will be morally advanced.) Personally I think large segments of this world's population are not ready for a system of government that requires them to be that advanced.
Post #195,962 by mmoffitt 2/22/05 1:58:04 PM Reply	Concur and well said tovarisch (Arkadiy). bcnu, Mikem Eine Leute. Eine Welt. Ein F\ufffdhrer. God Bless America.
Post #195,963 by inthane-chan 2/22/05 1:58:56 PM Reply	"I have always maintained that human beings are the... ...missing link between apes and civilized beings." "Here at Ortillery Command we have at our disposal hundred megawatt laser beams, mach 20 titanium rods and guided thermonuclear bombs. Some people say we think that we're God. We're not God. We just borrowed his 'SMITE' button for our fire control system."
Post #195,987 by Arkadiy 2/22/05 4:15:28 PM Reply	Well, if you look a Marx's writings it has nothing to do with such subjective thing as "morality". The idea is that at some point the society produces so much that the distribution mechanism known as "market" is just useless overhead, taking more resources for the sake of "market" than the amount of production it makes possible. So "the market" gets discarded. The "morality" does not matter, because a) there is so much of everything, even the greediest people will be sated and b) people are basically good, so if the work is not hard (and there is no hard work left, see (a)) they will do it for fun. Yes, point (b) comes close to "morality", but Marx backs it up with other things - I am not good enough Marxist to remember them. I don't think a single country in the known universe reached the conditions need for real Marxist revolution. Nor do I hold my breath. -- - I was involuntarily self-promoted into management. [link\|http://kerneltrap.org/node/4484\|Richard Stallman]

From the "You can learn something from everyone" bin. - (mmoffitt) - (24) - Feb. 22, 2005, 05:48:47 AM EST

Re: From the "You can learn something from everyone" bin. - (JayMehaffey) - (8) - Feb. 22, 2005, 08:17:49 AM EST

But if the RW is offense to the majority... - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Feb. 22, 2005, 09:47:50 AM EST

Two main reasons - (JayMehaffey) - (6) - Feb. 22, 2005, 10:40:34 AM EST

I used to think it was "a mistaken belief". - (mmoffitt) - (5) - Feb. 22, 2005, 11:27:26 AM EST

Forcrissakes. - (imric) - (4) - Feb. 22, 2005, 11:47:55 AM EST

Or that the election was about 'values'? -NT - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2005, 11:49:12 AM EST

Hey - having the US government in your pocket - (imric) - Feb. 22, 2005, 11:53:59 AM EST

I have to agree with imric... - (Simon_Jester) - Feb. 22, 2005, 12:52:14 PM EST

Right. 1% of those who voted. - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 22, 2005, 02:00:08 PM EST

I heard parts of it on CSPAN radio. - (Another Scott) - (3) - Feb. 22, 2005, 08:55:24 AM EST

Most important part. - (bepatient) - (2) - Feb. 22, 2005, 03:38:42 PM EST

I agree with the theory - (JayMehaffey) - Feb. 22, 2005, 03:57:53 PM EST

I Call Fscking B.S. (new thread) - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 22, 2005, 08:06:26 PM EST

Ignore, my post isn't worth the time -NT - (imric) - (1) - Feb. 22, 2005, 09:14:34 AM EST

Sorry, just had to. - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 22, 2005, 09:52:01 AM EST

OT: Hungry Ghosts - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Feb. 22, 2005, 11:39:29 AM EST

There's a lot of truth in that argument.... - (Simon_Jester) - (3) - Feb. 22, 2005, 12:57:25 PM EST

Concur and well said tovarisch (Arkadiy). -NT - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 22, 2005, 01:58:04 PM EST

"I have always maintained that human beings are the... - (inthane-chan) - Feb. 22, 2005, 01:58:56 PM EST

Well, if you look a Marx's writings - (Arkadiy) - Feb. 22, 2005, 04:15:28 PM EST

"Phooey" on Scalia - (andread) - Feb. 23, 2005, 10:32:20 AM EST

Link to online version of discussion. - (mmoffitt) - Feb. 23, 2005, 11:54:39 AM EST

Their discussion had an impact on the 5:4 death penalty - (Another Scott) - (1) - March 1, 2005, 07:25:36 PM EST

Scalia Rants! - (jb4) - March 2, 2005, 09:48:53 AM EST

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