Date: Sun, 5 May 1996 18:40:51 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: May 5, 1818


JTWest117-AT-aol.com wrote:

> >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.

The above was a very (unintentionally) amusing post since the author of 
the previous comment (Blair Sandler) *is* an Althusserian.

Jerry


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