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Quoting ARLO J BENSINGER JR <ajb102 at psu.edu>:

> [Craig]
> In short, Marx is "concerned" with freedom in the same sense Hitler was
> concerned with theJewish population.  He wanted to eliminate it.
> 
> [Arlo]
> You're applying just what Marx, in that passage, lamented, what he called
> "bougeousie notions of freedom" (ie, something less than real freedom).
> 
> If you start with one notion (proprety = freedom), then its easy to say that
> anything that is against "property" is against freedom. Marx denied this,
> saying that property and freedom are not synonymous, but that this is a deceit
> thrust upon man by the mercantilists who seek to enslave man within a prison of
> unending commodity fetishism and property acquisition.
> 
> To equate this with Hitler and the genocide is simply attrocious rhetoric,
> Craig. Something I expect from Platt, but though better about from you.

Disagree with Arlo and you are accused of "atrocious rhetoric" -- yet another
example of "critical thinking" from the master of slurs and invective. Mention the
the fact that anyone prevented from owning property is a slave and the wrath of
Arlo will descend upon you.

Platt
  

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