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But I wasn't wondering why people have a problem with any of the
so-called implementations of Marxism as opposed to Deleuze-ism (which isn't a political system of course--it isn't even an -ism yet); that's obvious, as you point out. I was wondering why people have a problem when Marx or Socialism themselves in isolation are merely mentioned. If people can't distinguish between Marxism and Stalinism or Pol Potism then there's no basis for discussion. That would be like not
recognising the difference between the ideals of democracy and how it's
apparently exported to and implemented in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. etc.


All the best,

	Michael


Aaron Ximm wrote:
it's funny how when someone invokes Deleuze it isn't slapped down
as 'dogma' -- but utter the words 'Marxism' and all of a sudden everything that comes out of your mouth is branded as diatribe or
dogma
I agree.  It's weird how the eyes roll and the feathers get ruffled
when you mention those dirty words 'Marx' and 'Socialism'.  Some of
the messages in this thread give me the impression that one or two
people would like to censor out any leftist commentary.  Why, I
wonder?

There's no mystery at all why people (myself too) react this way.

Marx[ism] has been [mis]understood, [mis]applied, and used as a cloak
for incomprehensibly vast exercises in human stupidity at its worst
for what, a hundred years now?

Deleuze for only a few dozen.

Put another way, almost all of us have known idiots of one stripe or another declaiming their idiocy under the banner of Marx [or
progeny].


Very few of us under the banner of Deleuze.

Give it a few years!

aaron

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