Re: [Marxism] Red-tail hawk sighting

[Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx>]

Haines Brown wrote:
> 
> > Insofar as "classical Marxists" didn't address the current climate
> > and environmental crises, they are irrelevant.  Insofar as they
> > offer insight into a reasonable solution to it, they are.
> 
> I was not addressing a Marxist solution to the environmental crisis
> (which might simply be, get rid of capitalism ;-), but a Marxist
> understanding of mankind's relation to the natural environment. I was
> trying to find out wherether there is indeed a gap in Marxism or if
> I'm simply ignorance of work that is being done on the subject.

I don't think that Marxism should be seen as a TOE; primarily it is an
explanation (theory) of capitalism. The question of humanity's relation
to the natural environment is a much broader question, and will never be
wholly answered. Mao observed that in a thousand years even Marx & Lenin
will look silly -- another way of pointing out that Marxism is not a
divine revelation.

For the time being, your suggested answer is correct: a Marxist solution
to the environmental crisis (which might simply be, get rid of
capitalism ;-

Carrol

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