Marxism - An Apologist and a Realist

On the 31st of January, I read an article by Slavoj Zizek titled What Is To Be Done (With Lenin)?.  The simple answer, of course, is to kick his ideas into the gutter where they belong.  Because I couldn’t quite put my finger what I wanted to state in regards to Zizek’s rather obtuse question, I did not post on this at that time.  My hesitation resulted in rather fortuitous events, since both Curt and Shonk, at Selling Waves, handily analyzed the piece while I contemplated.

Today, as an antidote to Zizek’s piece, I point to an article by Per Bylund titled The Modern World-System.  Bylund’s piece deconstructs the simplicity angle Marxism at times utilizes to sugar its utopian fantasy.  All of the links make for interesting reading.

Link to Bylund piece via The Lassize Faire Electronic Times which was linked via J. Orlin Grabbe.

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