clocker bob wrote:
You are stupid beyond belief. -isms are not explanations, you moron. Did Marx write Marxism to explain pre-existing Marxism, you potatohead?
Marx didn't "write" Marxism. Marxism is used to describe the academic and government effects that he had. I don't think anyone describes themselves as a Marxist nowadays. And c'mon Bob, Marx's most famous quote : "I do not know what Marxism is...I am not a Marxist".
Communism
Popularised by Marx and Engels to describe the post-revolution society. The equivalent political term is not Communism, it is "the dictatorship of the proletariat".
Hence the book is "the Communist Manifesto", ie. not the "Marxist Manifesto" or the "Dictatorship of the Proletariat Manifesto". Marx is saying, "I am/will be a communist, here is my view of the world", not "these are the things I will do if you elect me"
Fascism
Coined to describe Governments that expressively have the power to execute their citizens, as it is based on the Roman Fasci and "bundle". Although the military-industrial implication of the "bundle" draws most of the common usage of the term now, the Fasci most focuses on the Axe so it originally meant the state's power to execute its citizens. Fascism describes a view of society where the power of state is the most important factor.
Notice that Mussolini's government did not only use the Fasci as their emblem, the bird of prey was an equal symbol which refered to the ability of the state execute its enemies outside of its borders.
and Totalitarianism
A hazy word. Again purely description and mostly used to describe an individual, or small group's, influence and not a political thought itself. I cannot imagine anyone forming an expressly totalitarian political party to advance their views of totalitarianism.
are not political ideas or actions in themselves. Can't get much more brain dead than that.
Again, although those words are descriptions of states or political groups. They all have related political action of course, but they do not
require it, they are descriptions.
Anyway Bob, I said:
big_dave wrote:-isms are largely explanations and views of the world, and what takes place. They are rarely political ideas or actions in themselves, although they often imply it.
I said, boy, I said,
big_dave wrote:-isms are largely explanations and views of the world, and what takes place. They are rarely political ideas or actions in themselves, although they often imply it.
