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[MarshaV]

At 09:51 AM 7/4/2007, Arlo wrote:

>I don't agree with all of Marx's ideas, but I do know his concern was
>individual liberty. Unlike Strauss, however, Marx overestimates the
>intelligence and nature of man. Strauss sees people as too weak and stupid and
>in need of controlling. Marx saw man as wanting, and demanding, a egalitarian
>world. You can criticize Marx for thinking too highly of man, I suppose, and
>loft up Strauss to prove how base and selfish we are by nature.

Greetings Arlo,

I agree with you.  When I read the Communist Manifesto, I was 
expecting a diatribe by the devil, but what I read was a very 
intelligent paper on economics.  Correct or incorrect, it was very 
thought provoking.

Marsha