I suppose youre trying to argue, whereas Im trying to have a discussion. Listen, I dont believe Marxism is viable, I never argued that. my judgment of it as political system is that a system which solely relies on marxist principles of economics is destined to fail. However, I do see the uses of Marxist ideas helping implement the kind of society I want to live in, which is exactly what has happened in modern society, some Marxist ideas have indeed been implemented. From that perspective Marxism has tremendous value to human history. My thinking on the issue isnt as binary and based on fear lingering as yours.
By the way, lets not pretend other political ideas throughout history havent also lead to mass deaths and suffering, including capitalism. And furthermore, let me I said earlier, every successful sustainable society today has drawn from multiple intellectual traditions, including Marxism
Well I agree with you on that end dude, its just that you told me that I shouldn't be judging Marxism on its viability when I created this topic because there were people that were literally arguing that Marxism is still valid and completely sustainable if implemented correctly. That should strike fear in your heart and feels a lot more important than what you're trying to talk about, but that's just me wanting to talk about what I want to talk about rather than listening to your completely valid point, so I guess my bad on that.
I suppose I just think the idea that Marxists will somehow gain traction in popular political culture and could be a potential danger as ridiculous. They hold even significantly less power than the Evangelists and its not like evangelicals hold much power to worry about them to begin with ---