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You mean they were marxists before Marx?

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 05:26:05 PM EST
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No. Smith and Ricardo were mostly descriptive, not normative. I don't know about Malthus, but Mill (whose overriding concern was ethics) was strongly in favour of population control as the only way to ensure a continued increase in the standard of living of the masses.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Nov 27th, 2005 at 08:18:19 PM EST
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Not even Marx... (4.00 / 2)

...was a marxist:

"Je ne suis pas un Marxiste." K.M.

by jandsm on Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 05:11:41 AM EST
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Re: Not even Marx... (4.00 / 2)

Neither was Christ a Christian.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 05:13:15 AM EST
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Yet Marx was a Christian,... (4.00 / 2)

...and Jesus Christ a marxist.

by jandsm on Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 06:05:22 AM EST
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Re: Yet Marx was a Christian,... (none / 1)

Now you're being anachronistic.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Nov 28th, 2005 at 06:06:14 AM EST
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