Where has Dawkins (or any of the 'new atheist' tossers) ever appealed to 'western values', or spoke on behalf of 'white people'? I think you'll find he's quite universal in his condemnation of...
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Where has Dawkins (or any of the 'new atheist' ...Where has Dawkins (or any of the 'new atheist' tossers) ever appealed to 'western values', or spoke on behalf of 'white people'? I think you'll find he's quite universal in his condemnation of...
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It seems to me his thoughts favored a more...It seems to me his thoughts favored a more "stagist" theory, the few times he wrote about it. With regards to British India he vaguely endorced it:
Now, sickening as it must be to human feeling...
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Was Marx an isolationist?Was Marx an isolationist?
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Hitch had his faults, like all of us.
I think...Hitch had his faults, like all of us.
I think he would have been really opinionated about the Paris terrorist attracts.
In his autobiography (Hitch 22), he says he became disillusioned with...
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lol. Yeah that is a good article. It's really...lol. Yeah that is a good article. It's really unfortunate because as a biologist / evolutionary psychologist he's the best in the business. Shame is that these boffins want to be rock stars...
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Nice one. Would be good to see Leninists put that...Nice one. Would be good to see Leninists put that into their pamphlets, even in fine print, for once, instead of empty slogans like "peace, land and bread!"
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This essay has been been talked about a lot, but...This essay has been been talked about a lot, but it remains accurate in my estimation.
"[The] essential element of the socialist ideal [is]: to convert the means of production into the property...
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There's a reason all the vanguardist socialist...There's a reason all the vanguardist socialist coups lead to repressive police states. It's because you can't impose a revolution from the top. It has to come organically from the people, from the...
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I prefer the term "fern loving, carcass-hugging,...I prefer the term "fern loving, carcass-hugging, whale fuckers".
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Obviously freedom is the biggest threat to...Obviously freedom is the biggest threat to communism because men in their natural state are unequal.
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Karl Marx and the Close of His System -- Böhm...Karl Marx and the Close of His System -- Böhm Bawerk
The Road to Serfdom -- Hayek
On the Genealogy of Morals -- Nietzsche
Also "The Psychology of Modern Letism" section of the Unabomber's...
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But then us reactionaries can't give our cutting...But then us reactionaries can't give our cutting edge analysis.
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It's long overdue...it's a testament to the...It's long overdue...it's a testament to the cement blocks masquerading as the brains of the neo-cons that its taken this long for even this baby step level progress to be initiated. More capital will...
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It wasn't satire. It was straight up cajolery to...It wasn't satire. It was straight up cajolery to impress the ruler of the Florentine Republic. You can tell by his other writings that he had a philosophy and it was realpolitik. Whether he actually...
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There's a lot to draw on in the Enlightenment ---...There's a lot to draw on in the Enlightenment --- Locke, Kant, Montesquieu.
The canonical Twentieth Century work is John Rawles --- "A Theory of Justice" ...
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Brilliant mind ... kind of wasted. He realized...Brilliant mind ... kind of wasted. He realized somewhere along the line that Marxism was too cliche to build a reputation on. So he re-deployed all his energies into anti-theism. It worked---it got...
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It's a perfectly fair diagnosis. If there was a...It's a perfectly fair diagnosis. If there was a revolution happening today, you would all fight for it. And then when it inevitably leads to an insufferable police state, the next generation of...
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You sound like a reactionary, not a Fascist.You sound like a reactionary, not a Fascist.
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If you want to use Richard Dawkins' idea of a...If you want to use Richard Dawkins' idea of a meme as meaning a cultural gene, then you could get some mileage out of an idea like this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme
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I couldn't agree more or else I might blow my...I couldn't agree more or else I might blow my heart up with enthusiasm. That's what I was getting at with that Chomsky video I posted.
http://www.revleft.com/vb/showpost.php?p=2801010&postcount=76...
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I think theyre right on the money.
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These kind of arguments don't affect Communists....These kind of arguments don't affect Communists. Whenever communism fails they disown it. It's a smoke and mirrors game, changing goal posts, always a bit further over the horizon.
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I have a bizarre idea that capitalism and...I have a bizarre idea that capitalism and communism are compatible. No good?
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You can watch it if you care. You just have to...You can watch it if you care. You just have to press a link. Would be interested in your (or anybody's) thoughts on The Road To Serfdom. That video did a good job of condensing the main ideas into...
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Contribution to the debate. I had a bad time...Contribution to the debate. I had a bad time formatting the YouTube tags now. :(