[Marxism] Creation Science, Astrology, Conspiricism. etc.

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Louis Proyect wrote:
>
> The problem is that we are talking about different things. You are talking
> about how conspiracies change histories, not class conflict.You are
> obviously not interested in a Marxist analysis. Rather than referring us to
> the work of Robert Stinnett, you'd be better advised to show some examples
> of how Marx, Engels, Lenin, etc. wrote about conspiracy. After Archduke
> Ferdinand was assassinated, Lenin became preoccupied with the betrayal of
> socialist parliamentarians not uncovering Serb plots. Get with the program,
> bob. This is a Marxism list, not a conspiracy theory list.

And Dbachmozart wrote:
>
> [CLIP]  Just because Bob doesn't send in 2, 3 MANY posts everyday on every 
> topic
> under the sun doesn't mean that he has no interest in those areas.

The problem is not the number of posts he sends or doesn't send. The
problem is that he disrupts the list by his conspiricism, which is a
apolitical and anti-marxist. We sould object if someone bombarded the
list, frequently or infrequently, with defenses of astrology or creation
science, and conspiracist theories are equally vicious.

It's up to Lou whether to allow such posts, but I suggest that other
list members, including Lou, simply ignore them. Anyone who can believe
in the 9/11 conspiracy theory is clearly not going to be affected by any
conceivable rational argument.

Carrol

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