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[pholden at davtv.com]

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

> [Platt]
> Direct contradiction of Arlo's assertion that Marx "never advocated tyranny"
> from the "Communist Manifesto." Read and judge for yourself (emphasis added):
> 
> [Arlo]
> "BY MEANS OF DESPOTIC INROADS on the rights of property, and on the conditions
> of bourgeois production; by means of measures, therefore, which appear
> economically insufficient and untenable, but which, in the course of the
> movement, outstrip themselves, necessitate further inroads upon the old social
> order, and are unavoidable as a means of entirely revolutionizing the mode of
> production."
> 
> Sure, read this carefully and judge, as Platt suggests. Marx is not promoting
> the establishment of a tyranny, but expressing the anticipated violent struggle
> with established capistocratic power.
> 
> There is no doubt Marx envisioned the communist transition to be one of violent
> struggle (just as the Monarchy of Britain did not respond kindly to those who
> thought to rebel against her power over them). As such, freeing and holding the
> means of the production through the revolution was (Marx believed) going to be
> both difficult and bloody. The transitional government would need to secure and
> protect the newly liberated means of production, and as such would need the
> power and ability to do so.
> 
> So, yes, read that passage carefully. And for context read the entries for
> Marxism and Communism on Wikipedia.  Marx does not advocate tyranny, indeed the
> only targets of the statement above are those Marx saw as the enslavers of men,
> and the anticipated resistance they would respond with as their power over the
> masses was threatened. Don't buy into the talk-radio hype, its just bunk. But I
> bet that won't stop 'em from squalkin'...

Definition of DESPOTIC from Merriam-Webster: " . . .exercising power tyrannically." 
Another Orwellian obfuscation from the self-proclaimed Critical Thinker.


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