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truthlover
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Message 97 of 121 (201048)
04-21-2005 10:40 PM
Reply to: Message 6 by contracycle
04-12-2005 11:53 AM


Maybe I've missed something that's already been said, but I read a pretty large number of posts, and I don't think the following has been addressed.
That's purely a communications bandwidth problem. The internet solved it.
Do you mean that the internet solved a communications problem, or that it solved the communism problem, which is that it really hasn't ever worked on a large scale?
My question is, has the communism you described ever worked anywhere? Someone said at the beginning that it worked on a small scale, with 40 or 50 people. I think we have some version of communism working extremely well here with 200 people. I doubt it's a Marx version, but I don't know Marxism well enough to answer that.
My question is, has Marxism ever worked? I'm understanding that the goal of Marxism is to produce a society where everyone's needs are met and where people's abilities are used well (give as you're able, take as you need).
Everyone can debate theories and argue why this or that should work. We know the accuracy of theories by how well they work. Are you able to address that?
I don't know the answers to the questions I'm asking. I'm asking them, because they seem to be the right questions to ask concerning your defense of Marxism you're putting forth here, contra.

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