Bump.
Interesting read!
Thanks for posting this article. It's very interesting.
Wow--awesome article!
Bears repeating.
Dear MoDo,
Maybe you can explain to me how the "moral authority" of "parents who bury children killed in Iraq" who support the troops and mission is any LESS absolute than that of those who oppose the war.
Is it just that in their grief, that they don't know what they're doing? Or maybe it's that they're mind numbed robots? Or could it just be that since you don't actually know anyone who supports the war personally, they don't really exist, outside of some Rovian plot through third channel blogs. I'm reminded of the Mondole supporter who said, "I can't believe that idiot Reagan won! I don't know anyone who voted for him!" Or could it simply be that since YOU don't support the war, and YOU believe that the war is wrong, and YOUR beliefs are right and good, then those other people aren't just wrong, but in many cases evil, and either way, should be ignored, if not dismissed out of hand.
Maybe you really need to try thinking about things before you bother writing them down.
Mark
The mainstream media share this folk Marxism, as they reported the Maryland law as a "victory for labor."
Great article - "Folk Marxism" is the very soul of today's Democratic Party.
We all like to think that we won a Cold War victory over communism. We did not. The Soviet Union may have fallen but we have largely lost the battle against collectivist thinking.
A majority of the US people believes that an individual has a right to healthcare, education, and housing (to each according to his needs). A majority also believes in progressive forms of taxation such as property taxes and income taxes (from each according to his means).
Government has a monopoly on education and is fortifying its monopoly position in healthcare. About 65% of Federal spending and 80% of state spending is related to income redistribution.
Spending on the military is considered "discretionary" but spending on the biggest welfare program (Social Security) is considered mandatory.
Folk Marxism has embedded itself so well, that a president who promised the largest expansion of the welfare state and who promised to increase federal involvement in education can be called "conservative". Folk Marxism is so engrained that few people can even imagine (let alone hope for) a world without massive income transfer programs, a world where people save for their own retirement, a world where education is the concern of parents and not state government.
We defeated the Soviet Union but lost the more important war against collectivism. The victory of collectivist thinking is so complete that we are not even aware of our defeat.
Excellent exposition of "Folk Marxism" in the Media and the Academy.
Good find. Bumped and bookmarked.
Dear Maureen,
When you pass this mortal coil,
I will be happy to transport your remains to be interred in the Kremlin Wall, beside your Marx, Lenin...or my personal favorite..Trotsky.
Oh wait!!! None of them are actually buried on the hallowed ground of the Progressive Proletariat that was once the Soviet Republic.
Seventy five years of your adopted Social Experiment, failed miserably, sending millions to their deaths.
Aw Crap!! I forgot about John Reed. He was a journalist, if I recall.
Yeah!!!
He's there among the Heroes of the Revolution. And He was an American Citizen.
You'll be in good company.