Re: Re: Re: reparations

[JKSCHW@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 2/11/00 11:29:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

<< JKSCHW@xxxxxxx wrote:

 >
 > Typical 2d International Kautskyite rubbish.
  >>

Comrade, this is irony, not provocation. The quote is from the Manifesto, so
Marx & not Kautsky--a thinker whom I hold in high regard, btw, though not as
high as Marx. I was making fun of people who think that the Marxian tradition
has no place for saying that capitalism has not brought great social
benefits. Marx thought it had done so. I am sorry that this needs explanation
and regret any provocation from my mode of expression --jks