Why did the USSR fall?

[Charles Brown <cbrown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Ted Winslow



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It seems to me, however, that the particular form of Marx's relational

treatment of the role of self-consciousness needs amending. What

explains, for instance, the tenacious persistence of the irrational

religious self-consciousness that played an important role in the

election of Bush. A significant part of this, apparently, is the

extreme Book of Revelation form found in Ashcroft. These irrational

religious beliefs and feelings also play an important role, I would

argue, in what the Bush administration does (i.e. they aren't merely

camouflage for the instrumentally rational pursuit of surplus

extraction and accumulation - an idea that, in any event, doesn't, in

my judgment, accurately capture what Marx means by "class" or

"dialectical" analysis).

Ted

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CB: Is it Marx's meaning or the amended view of Marx that takes account of
the irrational factors you mention ?