Re: Re: Re: socialism is necessary

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree that what I wrote was overly abstract.

On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:46:39AM +0900, miychi wrote:
> On 2002.05.26 08:06 AM, "Michael Perelman" <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > I see only two possibilities for eliminating war.  First one would be a
> > dictatorship of capital in which some all-powerful state controls
> > everything.  That arrangement would eliminate wars between states (since
> > there was no longer be multiple states) and if control were complete
> > enough civil wars as well.  The second possibility would be socialism, but
> > this arrangement would not necessarily eliminate war -- it would only make
> > elimination possible.
> >
> If socialism is built, war may be not ended. Instead, in transitional
> state(according to Marx's term) period, civil war(as recent Venezuela coup
> or post-revolution Russia 1917-20) or war against remaining capitalist state
> may occur. So your "possibility" is limited. Other various possibilities may
> occur.
> Your opinion is binary scheme, and it is incorrect. You may imagine that
> socialism resolve all conflict, But this idea is not concrete and abstract.
> We need to investigate concrete means of ending war, and it may necessarily
> lead to socialism, Historically speaking, Nuclear threat by imperialists in
> cool war period could repress large war. For example In Korea war and
> Vietnam war US considered to use nuclear weapon.
>
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