tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post2612831890111976315..comments2023-11-02T06:04:23.552-04:00Comments on Back to the Drawing Board: A Blast From the Past: On Marxian "Alienation"Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14933199894935324897noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-60688881769418776102013-12-29T07:52:14.547-05:002013-12-29T07:52:14.547-05:00Why is your blog called "Libertarian Left&quo...Why is your blog called "Libertarian Left" if you think Socialism is stupid? You realize that "Left Libertarianism" is kinda a thing, and that it's a form of socialism/communism, right? In fact, we Libertarian Socialists/Anarcho-Communists (along with the similarly socialist/anti-capitalist Anarcho-Mutualists) were the FIRST people to call ourselves "Libertarians" (AND "Anarchists", for that matter). American Capitalists didn't come and redefine the word (into pretty much the opposite definition, at that) until nearly 150 years later. Oh well, to be honest I think you should just keep "Libertarian" (the words tainted now anyway) - I just wish you kids would stop using the word "Anarchist", because "Anarcho"-Capitalism is an oxymoron (Anarchism has etymological roots in Greek words meaning "no leaders/hierarchy" - Anarchists oppose all hierarchy, including but not limited to the state - we also oppose wage slavery, racism, patriarchy and class in general. Being that Capitalism is built entirely on hierarchical class relations, it and Anarchism are like oil and water).<br /><br />... I guess that's why it's so especially frustrating when you capitalists (like that Stef Molyneux guy - thanks for owning him so completely a while back, btw) use the word - Especially since the Capitalists had tried for YEARS to redefine the word "Anarchy" into meaning simply "chaos" in the West... And then, I guess when that didn't work in killing off the Anarchist-Communist community completely, they decided to just steal the word outright when they invented "Anarcho"-Capitalism in the 1950s. Murray Rothbard actually pretty much bragged about it haha<br /><br />You can read Rothbard's actual thoughts on Anarchism here, by the way:<br />http://anarchism.pageabode.com/afaq/rothbard-we-must-therefore-conclude-that-we-are-not-anarchists<br /><br />But yeah, your page name is probably gonna confuse a lot of people. I'll bet a lot of Left-Libertarians come here, and then are confused when they see so many apologies being made for wage slavery and exploitation. Capitalism is tyranny, and Socialism certainly isn't "stupid". I'm gonna go ahead and assume that you, like most Americans, don't know what Socialism even really is - you probably think it's when the government runs everything or something silly like that (especially since judging by your blog's URL, you don't know that "Left-Libertarianism" even is a thing - Protip: Socialism has nothing to do with government/state - in fact, Socialism can be, and in my opinion HAS to be stateless. "Socialism" only has to do with the proletariat's relationship to the means of production).<br /><br />"Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice; socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail BakuninKyle Mark Waalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004515705890948569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-50975358999515848512011-10-06T10:51:44.406-04:002011-10-06T10:51:44.406-04:00Very useful material, much thanks for the article....Very useful material, much thanks for the article.escort madridhttp://escortsite.es/madrid-escortsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-39640304546950705242011-01-11T13:47:14.982-05:002011-01-11T13:47:14.982-05:00I consider it perfect you have to continue with th...I consider it perfect you have to continue with this because I've followed the Marx's story and it's amazing all things he did for the humanity.Viagra Onlinehttp://www.iservepharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-11828409958677553732008-11-16T15:22:00.000-05:002008-11-16T15:22:00.000-05:00Hi Anne, thanks for the encouragement! I'm certai...Hi Anne, thanks for the encouragement! I'm certainly glad to know that I was able to have an impact! I scanned through your blog and read the post to which I believe you were referring (<A HREF="http://www.octogenariansblog.com/alone-admiral-byrd-in-the-south-pole/" REL="nofollow">this one?</A>), and immediately thought of my brief encounter with Buddhist thought a few years ago. If you're interested, <A HREF="http://libertarian-left.blogspot.com/2008/11/nagarjuna-in-context.html" REL="nofollow">I've posted a copy of an old paper</A> I wrote a while ago about Nagarjuna (an important Buddhist thinker). I hope you find it as fun to read as it was for me to write! And thanks again for checking out my work!Dannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14933199894935324897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2473166537823294555.post-79996424092237169042008-11-16T08:55:00.000-05:002008-11-16T08:55:00.000-05:00your marxist, "concept of Alienation' was a bit in...your marxist, "concept of Alienation' was a bit interesting, but not sure I understood it. I have a blog,octogenariansblog.com, and it does inspire me to write an article about factory workers, and prompts me to re-read one of my own, "oneness with the Universe' quoting what Admiral Byrd experienced in his book, "Alone" the time he was by himself, snowed under at South Pole. I commend you on your article, any time we write and it moves another to think or act, we have accomplished something. We have created something, that is a text that causes some action in another,to think and act.Anne ClevelandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com