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Actually, the burden of proof is on yourself as you are the one making the assertion. If I may quote you on this (from pages 32): You are the one who makes the assertion therefore you are the party who has the burden of proof. Either justify that communist political theory is "pathetic and...

STFO. Your one liners weren't funny 10 pages ago, they aren't funny now and they sure as hell will not be funny in the future. Correct. However this does not reverse their refutation. Indeed, political theory is subjective, however I would not call it "at heart". I think it would be more...

Sigh, I thought this thread would die off now. Sad I have to deal with this new influx of ignorance. Evidence or gtfo Evidence or gtfo Whilst your conclusion is logically valid your premises are false. There is 32 pages where I have explained this already. Look over them and stop...

Define 'bad'. Unless you give a definition I refuse to use such a useless, black and white, emotive and subjective term. Of Marxism, yes. 1) What constitutes communist political theory? 2) What constitutes failure? 3) Assuming communist political theory has "failed" why does make it not...

Marxism as it stands today, no. Communism as a social and political movement, I believe yes. I believe this to be the case working within the framework of historical materialism, a scientific view of history which is diametrically opposed to idealist "great men" theories. Communism is the...

Lol? *Shudders* That's a very good way to have your vote not counted, not like it's a loss or anything...

So what if it is "more equitable" than Sharia. Marxists like myself are not moralists. Whilst the two systems of "justice" may differ in form, their content is fundamentally the same, hence why it reactionary (in the era of capitalist "decadence") to line up behind the liberal, secular...

At any level of government I wouldn't vote (ie. spoil my ballot) I don't need, nor want to line up behind one faction of the ruling class or partake in their retched struggle for state supremacy. @ Rafy: It's hilarious to see a liberal (conservative?) using socialist phraseology and imagery.

No it's not cultural relativism. It is an attack on implicit defence of bourgeois justice as "pure justice" made by the "brilliant" Mr Pat Condell.

Good, as am I. It's a shame we couldn't come to any common ground. I would still greatly recommend that if you ever do get a chance you aught to read Marx and Engels (or any other Marxists for that matter) if not in agreement with it but simply to gain of it a better knowledge and understanding...

Indeed, after all "civilised justice" is the less reactionary of the two :rolleyes:

I am of the opinion it lasted for some 70 years

Well again that depends on the circumstance. A miner who mines diamonds or a factory worker who takes part in the production of auto mobiles does not take into his immediate possession the product of his labour (the diamonds and the auto mobiles respectively). The product of his labour goes to...

I am taking this as a hypothetical question re communism. Here there are a lot of factors to consider here. 1. What is the boat in question? A mere canoe, a speedboat or a large fishing trawler? 2. Why does the man borrowing the boat not have in his possession one such boat as well (assuming...

Sorry but that's just not possible considering the most essential characteristic of the role of a representative of a workers council is that they are immediately recallable. Unlike a parliamentary representative if a workers council delegate (also know as a soviet deputy) was to go against the...

The Marxist definition and analysis of the state is quite different to that of bourgeois political science (ie. the Weberian definition) and also to that of the Anarchists. To make this quick I will quote from the Marxist Internet Archive Encyclopaedia entry for the "state": The entry also...

Funny thing that "human nature". BTW, I have no disagreements about the other replies you provided above. This is not an debate about the correctness libertarianism. Running from this premise, how does is the "conformity" it's logical conclusion? "Conformity" in what sense? Why is this...

Freedom! Bourgeois democracy is no freedom. As much as we would like the period of transition to be peaceful, this does not open the avenue of parliament unlike some have been lead to believe (matter of fact Marx actually endorsed revolutionary parliamentarianism in countries such as the USA and...

*Sigh*, sad thing is I'm running out of steam. My temper flares when I see this same shit over-and-over again. Hence why my post quality has gone down hill in the last 5 or so pages. Next study break you might want to flick through some of my posts from earlier. If there is something I haven't...

I agree we need to move with the times. Marxism is not some invariant 150 year old dogma, it has moved with the times. However there is a difference between moving with the times and moving with the popular opinion of the “masses”. The English, French and Russian aristocracy believed the...