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He's awful. He's anti-BLM, anti-Muslim, pro-Trump and believes in "Cultural Marxism"-conspiracy theories (among other BS). Here's a pretty good anarchist reply to a video of his about how great Capitalism is:Anarchist Commentaries Episode 6: Paul Joseph Watson and the Dunning-Kruger Effect – YouTube
90 billion dollars…what's he gonna do with all that growing pile of money? I don't understand why billionaries like Bezos don't just retire.
There's a debate between him and (trotskyist) Alan Woods about the Russian Revolution. Both of them get pretty pissed off if I remember correctly. It's on YouTube (1 hour 14 minutes):Russian Revolution: Triumph or Tragedy – Alan Woods vs. Orlando Figes – YouTube
ALB wrote:"The only one that could bear this interpretation is point 10 of the general reform demands that calls for a reform of the tax system"The person who wrote this pamphlet seems to exaggerate a bit when he implies that there's more than one that "aimed at enlisting the support of the peasant and small proprietor".He also has a big problem with the fact that the programme says that the SPD fights "against every kind of exploitation and oppression, whether directed against class, party, sex, or race". Why is that so bad?"Incidentally, the version on the Marxists Internet Archive omits point 3 in ours about universal military training and a people's army to replace a standing army"No, it's there:3. Education of all to bear arms. Militia in the place of the standing army. Determination by the popular assembly on questions of war and peace. Settlement of all international disputes by arbitration. What's your opinion on the Erfurt Programme? Should it not be referred to as socialist because it has reforms in it? I mean, it does advocate for Socialism.
What reforms mentioned in the Erfurt Program are "obviously aimed at enlisting the support of the peasant and small proprietor"? I've read the Erfurt Program and I can't say I see any reform that's "obviously" an attempt to enlist small proprietors or peasants.Is it "prohibition of the truck system"? (in case someone who doesn't know what a "truck system" is: Truck system – Wikipedia)
"[A]mong the reforms that follow are a number that could not be of any interest to the workers and are obviously aimed at enlisting the support of the peasant and small proprietor."Which part of the Erfurt Program is the text referring to?(Link to the Erfurt Program from MIA: The Erfurt Program 1891)Also:"An examination of this programme will reveal the disappearance of all pretence to revolutionary action and an understanding of why the Social Democratic Party lost their way in the bog of reform."But isn't this statement below revolutionary?"The German Social Democratic Party therefore does not fight for new class privileges and class rights, but for the abolition of class rule and of classes themselves, for equal rights and equal obligations for all, without distinction of sex or birth."
Marcos wrote:He wasn't so bad when he was Marx archivist. Kautsky became a reformist too, but before that, he was a very good socialistWhen exactly did Kautsky become a reformist?
"The arguments of Reform or Revolution, though sound in the main, were not accepted by the majority of the German SDP. Bernstein’s reformism was preferred."Wasn't Bernstein opposed by most of the German social democrats?
The government is acting very shady if you ask me. Couldn't they just say "we won't allow Catalonia to become independent" and still let people vote? What are they worried about? That the pro-independent side will get the most votes?
It's really odd that Kerensky is called a Menshevik in this article. Surely he was a member of the Socialist Revolutionaries?
Larouche is a very interesting guy (though I don't really understand his views). The articles were interesting, I had no idea he managed to make contact with important members of the GOP
gnome wrote:No.Now when you say no…Do you mean that we need the majority of humanity to become both socialist and atheist, or do you mean that we don't need an atheist population in order to create a socialist society? Or do you mean something else?
I am concerned about the prospects of establishing Socialism internationally. Religion has a strong hold on people in large parts of the world. It might be very difficult to convince, say, the average Egyptian to not only be in favor of Socialism, but to make him an atheist as well. The purpose of my original post was to see if we really have to make the world population atheistic before we can bring about Socialism.
Hud955 wrote:"The WSM parties wish to maintain a materialist understanding within the organisation. It therefore makes sense to exclude people who might want to change that"Okay, I can understand that reasoning."The experience of history is that democratic organisation that have a reformist as well as a revolutionary programme soon get taken over by reformists who at this present time far outnumber those whose class consciousness is revolutionary. "What do you personally think would happen if people of "loose" religious beliefs became a majority in the SPGB?
