Re: FLOSS: Where Communism Meets The Market Economy, and Buys Him a Drink.

From: Jim Richardson (warlock_at_eskimo.com)
Date: 12/06/04 

Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:10:01 GMT

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On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 06:30:58 -0600,
 Linønut <linønut@bone.com> wrote:
> Jim Richardson poked his little head through the XP firewall and said:
>
>> First, are you going to take Marx as the definitive judge of what is,
>> and is not, communist? Think carefully before you answer that.
>
> Christ, this is a newsgroup! I just want one friggin' quote. I don't care
> about the complete body of literature and propaganda.
>

Just wanted to make sure that you weren't going to wriggle around.

You have two problems here, first, does Marx advocate violence in
support of communism, the answer is yes. In fact, he believed that the
only way to achieve such a state was through violence. I forget if
that's in Das Kapital or the CM. But it's pretty easy to find.

Second, irrespective of Marx's beliefs, if violence is required to
sustain communism, then it's required. No matter what Marx believed.

Now, if I chose to to *not* offer my labour to the communist system, how
are you going to force me to, without violence?

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