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I'm waiting for Kapital, Kautsky and Krap: A Marxist Approach to Dahlia Lu Tom Send a noteboard - 22/09/2012 09:20:29 PM
A good solid Marxist analysis of the text is still lacking. You've pointed out some of the inherent contradictions in the capitalist system in the review, but it really needs to be brought home. "Poor writing is the highest stage of capitalism" might be a good phrase to try out. The notion that, when the intelligence of the proletariat has been completely subverted through social media, Twitter and books like Lu's, the capitalist system will begin its decay, is one that should be explored. The switch from manufacturing to finance, and from finance to a "service economy", and from that to a service economy that fails to deliver, is surely a progression that merits examination.

And don't let revisionists, Trotskyites or Maoists take you from doctrinal orthodoxy here. If ever you are tempted to bring in their ideas, just ask yourself, "What would Engels do?" and you should be fine (the answer always being, "grow the beard longer," I believe).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

Ummaka qinnassa nīk!

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Probably one of the most scathing reviews I've ever written (plus a link to an outraged reader) - 22/09/2012 09:52:40 AM 1118 Views
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