Ok, Marx was completley against a class based society. But in the contemporary political arena is it not possible to have acheived a 'Middle Class' status, through education and career based activities, AND adhere to a marxist approach to politics?
What are your views?
2007-12-10 23:29:46 · 9 answers · asked by skullpicker 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Good comment about Che. But in effect having a middle class within a marxist setting is hypocritical. in that although the 'higher ups' may deal with the educational/academic side of the theory, as pointed out by Peaco1000, it is the masses at the of the day that engage in the practical application. Its a formidable juxtoposition.
2007-12-11 00:03:39 · update #1
Technically Lenin was a member of the Russian aristocracy. Marx was definitely middle class. Engels was the scion of a capitalist family.
In terms of education I am middle class from a very working class background - my father was a shipyard worker. His brother was a miner. Before I got an education I was a hospital worker and a trade union activist among other things.
If you look at some of my past answers it is easy to surmise that I am a Marxist - an unconventional one - but still a Marxist.
While some of us may be classified as now being middle class, some of us remember our roots and fight for what we believe is right.
Apart from anything else a Marxist analysis of contemporary society is still relevant and can be used as a guide to political action.
2007-12-11 02:10:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well middle class Communists have more credibility because they are part of the bourgosie and advocate the abolition of their dominant position, whereas working the working class might be for Communism cause theres something in it for them.
Marxists are nearly always intellectual because the theory behind Communism requires a certain level of education. The Bolsheviks in Russia were fiercely intellectual. Marxist believe that the transision from capitalism to Communism is inevitable anyway, so what class people start out in doesnt matter too much anyway.
2007-12-10 23:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by peaco1000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. As is clearly being demonstrated in China, only the acceptance of Capitalism creates a middle class. All socialist societies have fallen into the same rut. An elite ruling class and a huge peasant class. After only a few years of modest Capitalist reforms and the middle class in China is booming. Trouble is, middle class people are not so easy to repress.
The only state of being that is suitable for all people is freedom. Free to persue his own course, free to persue his own dreams, free to compete that is the natural state of man.
If you wish to establish a Marxist syle government here or anywhere else you must first bulid massive walls around the country to keep everyone from leaving. What does that tell you?
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2007-12-10 23:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had said Marxist approach to economics, I would tend to agree with you, but Marx wrote about many things, and much of what he said about how societies are organized is part of mainstream social thought. You probably agree with at least part of what he said but just don't realize it comes from Marx's writings.
For example this is often quoted without giving a source
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
2007-12-10 23:45:49 · answer #4 · answered by meg 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's okay to have some classes based on dedication to work, so the upper class is achievable for everybody in a lifetime and it's for those who want it. So class is chosen by the individual. Easy lifestyle versus a working lifestyle. Which would be a nearly complete flip of now.
2007-12-10 23:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by Mitchell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply that well over a hundred years,Marxism is a theory(assumption(S) )with out fact,saying not one of Mr.Marx's theories can be proved...Marx was fine in his time,but Lincoln
who lived at the same time was a visionary..Try reading the books back to back !
2007-12-10 23:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by dadacoolone 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All we are saying is give peace a chance by John Lennon Silent Running by Mike and the Mechanics Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds
2016-05-23 01:00:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're all Proletarians governed by a "Vanguard of the Elite."
Take it from me, you want to be a member of the latter, not the former.
2007-12-11 02:17:41 · answer #8 · answered by Boomer Wisdom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, why not.
Let's not forget, El Ché himself was educated as a doctor.
2007-12-10 23:40:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋