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Old Oct 23, 2008, 12:26 pm   #107 (permalink)
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Good, but why bother. Marx is only of historical relevance . We have over a hundred years to ponder what he said. But times change, people change, the technology has changed. And above all communism has changed. His view of violent revolution reflect the knowledge of capitalism that he had at the time. That form of capitalism has also changed.
You were the one who brought up historical materialism!
Which was defined by Karl Marx

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Depends, as i asked, what does better imply? Better in that it is subjectively personally better, or better as in evolution attempts to improve on previous efforts.
I said I haven't seen a strong argument for something and now you're trying to tell me my statement is wrong. I seriously have no clue what you are trying to prove here. It is IMPOSSIBLE for you to prove that wrong. First, because for the most part you have no clue what arguments I have seen and secondly because "strong" is subjective, meaning that I am the determinant of whether I think an argument is strong or not.
Seriously Soilent, pick your battles - this is worse than arguing over semantics.

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I could have but then that would have been a straw man.
Instead i used the example of woman suffrage because like any philosophical view, which both woman suffrage and anarchism are. They are dependent on acceptance of the idea.
Fine, give me a rational reason why women shouldn't be allowed to vote.

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Because any form of centralised government inevitably leads to revolution whether violent or not. Change is the only consistent factor in society and a centralised government apposes change.
Why does a centralized government always lead to revolution? If it works and everyone is content I see no reason for a revolution to occur. Do you think that another form of government might not lead to revolution?
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