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There can be no true Marxism without totalitarianism.

In Reply to: Totalitarianism isnt freedom, there can be no socialism without freedom. posted by lark on November 10, 1999 at 14:31:50:

Stalin proved it. To socialists, inevitably "Politics comes from the barrel of a gun" (at least for Mao, anyway).

Get used to them, Lark. These are the people you'll be fighting for, when you decide that 'further discussion is pointless'.

As for me, I'll sit in front of my T.V. set, glass of juice in hand, and watch the episode of C.O.P.S. where these lunatics are picked up for some violent crime or other. I shall quaff my bourgeois pleasure, safe in the notion that these Orwellian horrors are safely under lock and key. Until that happy day, you may find me...

"Doc" Cruel

...as always.

Follow Ups:

• I think there's a difference between Marx and the marxists Lark November 12 1999 (7)
  • Marxism is discredited in the western world. DonS USA November 14 1999 (6)
    • The perceived security of the bourgeois Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 15 1999 (5)
      • The subject was Orwellian horrors, not green fantasy DonS USA November 17 1999 (4)
        • You think you're safe? Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 17 1999 (3)
          • He doesn't have confidence in the current fascist government that runs the US DonS USA November 19 1999 (2)
            • He's just an ideologue Samuel Day Fassbinder Citizens for Mustard Greens USA November 19 1999 (1)
              • The people who live off my labor are the various scum who collect government paychecks. DonS USA November 24 1999 (0)