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Kazi1212 posted...

Well, unlike the XFL, Marxism has left its stamp on history both intellectually and at the physical level, for better or worse. My point is, you shouldnt judge any single political idea by its viability factor, because no single idea idea has ever been viable in its own. Please tell me one idea that has been viable by itself to sustain the type of civilization and society we have now? Or rather has it been a hodgepodge of different political and philosophical ideas that has led us to point in history we are now? The American political system just doesnt jus draw from one intellectual tradition, but multiple, especially the way the modern economy is set up.

My point is, its really a narrow minded way to look at historically significant ideas merely within the confines of the logic of the idea itself. Engaging with it in a way that highlights its place in the continuation of human history and relation to other more developed ideas is a much more open minded way of looking at things. You can easily disregard read some very interesting ideas with the former mindset(Im willing to bet you havent read Marx) and I personally dont believe in having such a mindset towards knowledge

Actually the NFL still utilizes the sky cam and other things it picked up from the XFL so it indeed did leave its stamp on the NFL.

And you're seriously telling me that you shouldn't judge a form of governance on its viability? Lol so it doesn't matter if something is destined to fail? I mean dude I get what you're trying to say, that there are good things we shouldn't just completely dismiss solely because they were borne out of an ultimately unsustainable ideology. But that's not what this topic is about at all. I'm asking about Marxism as a whole because there are people who are literally arguing that Marxism as a whole is still a viable ideology that is worthy of yet another attempt at implementation. The fact that you don't seem to understand how absolutely dangerous that idea is and how it needs to be addressed ASAP before it actually manages to get a foothold is mind boggling. Over 100 million people were needlessly murdered all in the name of a completely unsustainable form of governance and you seem to think its more important that we acknowledge that it may have had a good idea or two than to acknowledge its inevitable murderous outcome.

Really think about what you're saying now man and ask yourself if its somehow more important than avoiding another 100 million unnecessary deaths of innocent people.
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