What would Marx have said?

[Comrade1]

What do you think Karl Marx would have said if he saw the Soviet Union 30 or 40 years ago?

[Lunatic Concept]

I think he would be dissapointed but not surprised.

[Cane Nero]

What do you think Karl Marx would have said if he saw the Soviet Union 30 or 40 years ago?
Jesus fucking christ! They take a huge dump in the name and ideals of the Communism.

[Comrade1]

Jesus fucking christ! They take a huge dump in the name and ideals of the Communism.
LOL, well thats what I thought

[ZeroNowhere]

Something wittier than any Revleft member could think of.

[Comrade1]

Something wittier than any Revleft member could think of.
Very true, but something to the extent of WTH

[La Comédie Noire]

"Barracks Socialism" "Blanquism" ect. probably some really clever inverted phrase like "The tyranny of the state is the state of tyranny today."

[Comrade1]

"Barracks Socialism" "Blanquism" ect. probably some really clever inverted phrase like "The tyranny of the state is the state of tyranny today."
That's a good one, Im sure he would have thrown in a couple of word that we would all need a dictionary for though.

[chegitz guevara]

Honestly, why should we care what Marx would have said? Despite the name, Marxism isn't about slavishly following the old man, but using the tools he gave us to come up with our own answers.

[Wanted Man]

I'm glad I'm not going to be the only one to say, "Who cares?"

[Robocommie]

He would say, "I'd rather have this bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy!"

[MilkmanofHumanKindness]

What do you think Karl Marx would have said if he saw the Soviet Union 30 or 40 years ago?

Who cares what Marx would have said?

He wrote his theory in the 1800's, I'd be surprised if he could come to grips with the technology of the modern world.

[KurtFF8]

If you want to approach the answer to the OP, just study the inter-Marxist theoretical debates about the nature of the USSR. Personally I recommend Marcel van der Linden's Western Marxism and the Soviet Union (although it doesn't really deal enough with the Marxist-Leninist perspective) but it is a great starting point.

[KurtFF8]

(That said, I echo Chegitz's post about who cares what Marx himself would have said, it's not as important as the theories themselves [which is why he was important])

[S.Artesian]

I care what he would have said, just as I care what he did say, right or wrong.

What would he have said about the USSR of 30-40 years ago?

"If this is Marxism, then one thing is certain: I am no Marxist."

[RedSonRising]

"...this is going to be a bit more complicated than I had imagined."

(ruffles through manifesto while scratching beard)

[Tatarin]

I think he would be more concerned about why he was brought back to answer the question... and maybe write something about reincarnation I guess...

:p

[Robocommie]

I think he would be more concerned about why he was brought back to answer the question... and maybe write something about reincarnation I guess...

:p

"The Modern Prometheus: A Dialectical Analysis, by Karl Marx."

[chegitz guevara]

More interesting would be what he'd say if he had to debate Rosa Lichtenstein.

[S.Artesian]

More interesting would be what he'd say if he had to debate Rosa Lichtenstein.

He would have said: "One thing is for certain; she is not a Marxist."

[~Spectre]

The eventual flame war would be much more colorful.

[Broletariat]

He would have said: "One thing is for certain; she is not a Marxist."
Lets start taking bets now.

Rosa's going to come in now and start a debate. How many posts will it continue for before ending.

My bets on 137.

[Sixiang]

Probably something in German like "was zum Teufel" (what the hell).

/bad joke

[Meridian]

I think this belongs in trash/chit-chat.