Re: Marxism= Understand the World to Change it!

[glevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Gina wrote:

> The PCP is applying their own
> understanding of Marxism: Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Gonzalo Thought, to change
> the world in a major way, while many of us just sit around in cyber-space
> throwing digitalized words around.

Damn ... you are hard core: "Marxism-Leninism-Maoism, Gonzalo Thought"!!!
     ... Louis G. goes on vacation (Louis have a good trip. Take your
time coming back. Ne need to hurry!) ... and now we get this.

> ...  and in today's world that
> means the proletariat overthrowing the bourgeoisie, now developed into the
> imperialist bourgeoisie--and establishing the dictatorship of the
> proletariat.  (NOT, by the way, the dictatorship of Marxist scholars!)

NOT, by the way, the dictatorship of the party or the state either!

> Gonzalo Thought is the creative
> application of M-L-M to the objective conditions of Peru.

I imagine you thought Pol Pot Thought was the creative application of
M-L-M to the objective conditions of Kampuchea, right?

>  It's far easier to criticize from the sidelines
> than to confront the status quo in order to demolish it and construct
> something really new.

(1) It's *better* to "criticize from the sidelines"  than
participate in murder of innocent peasants and workers (including leftists).

(2) It's NOT enough to change the world. We have to change the world for
the BETTER. Changing the world for the worse is worse than not changing
the world at all.

>      Changing the world is not a "comfortable" process, its a dirty, bloody
> process and you have to change yourself as you go.

You'll fit in all right. You won't have to change yourself (any further)
at all.

>      So how about it folks?  How are we using Marxism....to change the world?

I'm for using Marxism to change the world for socialism. I'm not for
using "Marxism" to change the world for more "killing fields."

Jerry


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