On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 20:42:21 -0700, Mark & Juanita
wrote:


Given your professed deep knowledge of the definitions of socialism,
Marxism, and communism, please help the rest of us by participating in the
following exercise:

1) Compare and contrast Marx's infamous quote: "From each according to his
ability, to each according to their need" with the following quote from The
One in response to the question, "You're going to raise my taxes, aren't
you?":


My point was about the misuse of terminology. Here is the reading
list from the seminar on Marxism and Socialist Thought:


The Communist Manifesto. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. 1848.

Socialism: Utopian and Scientific. Friedrich Engels.

State and Revolution. Vladimir Lenin.

The Foundations of Leninism. Joseph Stalin.

The New Class. Milovan Djilas.

The Conspiracy of the Ivory Tower Intellectuals. Laszek Kolakowski.

The New Program of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

On Practice. Mao Tse-tung.

Combat Liberalsim. Mao Tse-tung.

Socialist Thought, A Documentary History. Albert Fried and Ronald
Sanders.



After you are done reading these you will better understand.



tom watson