The quote is Marx in Critique of the Gotha Program, it's actually a Communist thing. But of course, Socialism = Communism AMIRIGHT!
No, I'm not. Socialism is the transition period (according to Marx) between Capitalism and Communism; ie. the part that the USSR, China, Viet Nam, Cuba et. al. never tried (they went from agrarian societies straight to Communism, something Marx would have been appalled at). However, now most industrialised, wealthy countries in the world are Socialist countries, but for some reason, Americans think it's teh devils.
So yeah, the quote has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion around Socialism, unless someone can somehow argue to me that anyone is even considering Communism.
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Date: 2008-10-29 04:14 am (UTC)No, I'm not. Socialism is the transition period (according to Marx) between Capitalism and Communism; ie. the part that the USSR, China, Viet Nam, Cuba et. al. never tried (they went from agrarian societies straight to Communism, something Marx would have been appalled at). However, now most industrialised, wealthy countries in the world are Socialist countries, but for some reason, Americans think it's teh devils.
So yeah, the quote has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion around Socialism, unless someone can somehow argue to me that anyone is even considering Communism.