Re: Communism's name

[hariette@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (hariette spierings)]

>>At 2:32 PM 6/16/96, Paul Gallagher wrote:
>>
>>>That reminds me of a question: Why do so many leftists end up on the
>>>right?
>>
>>Because both sides hate the middle?
>>
>>Doug
>
>1. Most of them were Stalinists/Trotskyists/Maoists, and so the cant,
>hypocrisy, and willingness to justify some atrocities and pretend that
>others didn't happen that are necessary to be a rightist were already
>second nature to them.
>
>2. Some of them were sick of the cant, hypocrisy, and willingness to
>justify some atrocities and pretend that others didn't happen. Most of
>these just abandoned leftism, not actually becoming rightists.
>
>Rahul


And thus ascended to "Marxist Heaven", Amen?  Or maybe just went on to
"Marxism 2"?  That's a nifty trick you have come with, dear Rahul:
"abandoning the left without actually going to the right"!.  Could your
eminence now finally reveal to us mortals how many angels can ACTUALLY dance
on the point of a needle as well?

Adolfo



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