On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 09:39 PM, <sartes...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > All I want to know is how you can proclaim a fidelity to historical > materialism at the same time as you believe socialism is dead.
It shouldn't be necessary to remind you that it's a method of analysis not a dogma and as such you can come to a conclusion which is inconsistent with your longings and preconceptions. Like any methodology, it's a tool which is available for use across the political spectrum. You might recall that the historian Richard Hofstatder once dubbed John Calhoun as the "Marx of the master class" not because the southern reactionary was a socialist but because of the primacy he gave to the underlying social and economic factors in his defence of slavery. BTW, I don't discount the possibilty and think it's quite likely that the socialist movement will revive if the system collapses. You're deluding yourself in believing it still exists as the material force it once was. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32640): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32640 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/108691224/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
