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I believe that NO ONE can be a socialist without believing in supra-class morality

In Reply to: Not Quite posted by Chuck on February 11, 19100 at 15:56:09:

: Barry has made it very clear that he does not believe in supra-class morality (i.e. moral absolutes). That makes his morality quite different from your own. Check out Trotsky's "Their Morals and Ours" (1938).

I believe that NO ONE can be a socialist without believing in supra-class morality, WHETHER THEY KNOW IT OR NOT. I think I have discerned enough of a sense of supra-class morality in Barry's posts, although he may not see this the same way, it meets my definition of supra-class morality. If someone didn't believe in supra-class morality, they wouldn't support socialism; they'd support a mere reversal of capitalism, with themselves as the new capitalists.

Follow Ups:

• Nothing is worth pursuing unless grounded in morality. MDG February 14 19100 (3)
  • Whose 'morality' and whose 'freedom'? Barry Stoller February 15 19100 (2)
    • If Marx & Engles said it, it must be true. MDG February 15 19100 (1)
      • From one sycophant to another Chuck Virginia February 17 19100 (0)
• I always thought that consciousness of one's belief is necessary to have a belief. Hank February 14 19100 (0)