Re: Marxism, integrity and denial (reply to Jose Perez)

[Adam Levenstein <cleon42@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Ben Seattle <left-transparency@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> Jose's entire line of reasoning boils down to two
> principles:
>
> (1) Any criticism of Castro or the Cuban government
> "objectively"
>      supports US imperialism against Cuba because
> the only
>      alternative to the present situation in Cuba is
> a bourgeois
>      regime (characterized by death squads and
> extreme poverty)
>      characteristic of much of the rest of Latin
> America.
>
> (2) The US bourgeoisie talks of democratic rights.
> They are
>       hypocrites.  Therefore anyone who talks of
> democratic
>       rights is a hypocrite and a promoter of
> bourgeois ideology.

You know, Ben, if you keep mischarectarising people's
ideas like this and beating up strawmen, the respect
for you on marxmail will not exactly grow.

I think anyone who knows Jose - even those who
disagree with his ideas - knows better than to think
he holds such bizarre beliefs.

Adam


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Adam Levenstein                          cleon42@xxxxxxxxx
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