tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post2360079433506133421..comments2023-12-23T19:04:18.739-05:00Comments on The Crow's Eye: BanksJack Crowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-40155984606020547672012-04-19T12:19:15.347-04:002012-04-19T12:19:15.347-04:00Will,
I am familiar with Marx's original work...Will,<br /><br />I am familiar with Marx's original works, having read almost everything translated into English.<br /><br />I'm not really taking aim at Marx, anyways. Marx, as mentioned below, was far fonder of ambiguity than his prophecy-besotted self-appointed inheritors.<br /><br />What I object to are still-enduring Marxist epistemic judgments. Marxists share traits, and like anyone, are conditioned by material environments. In the US, especially, that means that they are (a) fucking academics and (b) full of the same shit as their forebears. <br /><br />I've no argument with Marxist critique of the number of anarchist schools. Lots of that shit is valid. My argument is with the mysticism innate to Marxist philosophizing, and with the tendency of Marxists to ignore materiality in favor of grand plans for a history of tomorrow. I reject that tendency, because it lacks the very material support Marxists claim to embrace.<br /><br />Nor do I doubt, for a moment, that if Marxists were to "seize the instruments" that we'd be seeing five-year plans and glorious goals of the revolution in short order. <br /><br />That's the coded DNA of Marxist thought, and it didn't go away just because the Leninist and Maoist state experiments were miserable failures.<br /><br />*<br /><br />Anony,<br /><br />Right. On.<br /><br />Arka,<br /><br />Huh? Ah, nevermind.Jack Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499087036876745723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-11092740414495927312012-04-13T19:08:49.416-04:002012-04-13T19:08:49.416-04:00Money is a fine illusion. A means of exchange is ...Money is a fine illusion. A means of exchange is a lot of fun and convenience when it isn't believed to be the exchange itself. <br /><br />Your online handle is a lot of fun, too, but there's still a soul behind it. You use the handles and you use the dollars; there's not a problem there unless you forget what's behind them.High Arkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14723123626955733759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-67291555399921764492012-04-13T15:59:39.262-04:002012-04-13T15:59:39.262-04:00i dont want to answer for jack, but the practical ...i dont want to answer for jack, but the practical steps would be 1) stop believing in money, 2) stop believing in the state.<br /><br />obviously, civil war follows, but civil war is life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102937856333775840.post-76500276628923881772012-04-13T15:53:45.680-04:002012-04-13T15:53:45.680-04:00Jack, you gotta read more about Marx and his work ...Jack, you gotta read more about Marx and his work before you make claims about modern Marxists. That paragraph sounds like something I'd expect from Joe McCarthy. Can you point to anyone who still believes in five-year planning or rule by technocrats?<br /><br />And your "by magic" phrase would apply better to anarchists than Marxists. What are the practical steps from capitalism to anarchism in anarchist thought? At least Marxists include a phase of democratic decisions being made by the people as they figure out the best way to use their resources.Will Shetterlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08539053268352597627noreply@blogger.com