Re: [Marxism] Obama aides

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sayan Bhattacharyya :
>There is a tradition of first-world marxists deciding what should be best
>for third-world workers, without listening to what those workers themselves
>want or seek. This can and does lead to elitism and needs to be avoided.

No, we have to operate on the basis of Marxist principles, not the 
Gallup poll. A CBS poll taken in Panama in 1989 showed that 92 
percent of the country supported the U.S. invasion. If we had 
tailored our politics to that poll, we would have betrayed Marxism. 


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