[Marxism] 'quote-mongering' and all that

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

	Can it really be true that folks on this list, who are always primed 
to quote sacred texts when the music starts, are now asking what's 
all this stuff about quote-mongering, quizzes, etc--- when asked to 
come up with up quotes from their masters about the self-development 
of the working class through its struggles?
	Frankly, I think that Steve Masterson (who I thank much for his kind 
words and for the reference to Cyril Smith) greatly overstated his 
point. There certainly are sightings of this theme here and there (as 
in Lenin's observation that the working class learns more in a week 
of revolution than in a year of routine life); however, aside from 
Rosa Luxemburg, for whom this is a leitmotiv (how could Steve ignore 
her?), this is indeed not the central theme that it was for Marx.
	So, on the matter of quote-mongering and all that, perhaps the real 
point is that the dog didn't bark.
		in solidarity,
		michae
	
Michael A. Lebowitz
Professor Emeritus
Economics Department
Simon Fraser University
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