[ExI] book review

[Max More]

Presumably, Marx would say that they can't do Marxism without totalitarianism because that goes against the historical dialectic. Before the state can wither away, you must first go through a stage of the "dictatorship of the proletariat".

Of course, Marx made a tiny little error in believing that a dictatorship would allow itself to wither away. On the contrary, every state tends to stuff itself with other people's money and power and become increasingly bloated.

Perhaps I'm just being egotistical, but I'm sure the world would be better off by replacing Marxism with Maxism. (If you disagree, I will not have you imprisoned or shot.)

--Max
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Subject: [ExI] book review

'The Serengeti Rules' - Carroll

This is extraordinary,  practically a course in ecology, told in stories of studies and experiments on lakes, African savannahs, etc.

He does NOT beat you over the head with stories of pollution and woe.  They do get mentioned - esp. phosphate runoff from farmers who use too much fertilizer.  And why can't they regulate that?  Marxists are a big problem too in Africa.  Why can't they try Marxism without totalitarianism?

bill w
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