Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 17:43:20 -0400
Subject: Re: May 5, 1818


In a message dated 96-05-05 12:50:23 EDT, you write:

>
>Today is the 178th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. Marx was no saint
>but he believed in the ability and the right of working people to manage
>their own affairs, and he opposed the rampant theft we call capitalist
>profit.

If I were Althusser I would say that this is nothing more than an
ideological/humanist statement in dire need of a scientific theory of
historical materialism in order to define or redefine its terms: "right,"
"people," "ability," etc... other than that its an emotional sentiment which
says very little about Marx and working people and says quite alot about the
burden of ideology the author seems to be laboring under.




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