"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.[Europe], under pretence of governing they have divided their nations into two classes, wolves and sheep. If once [the people] become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress, and Assemblies, judges and governors shall all become wolves. " - Thomas Jefferson
This is what happens when computer nerds and movie geeks reach power in universities.
I think that this needs further research, and have sometimes speculated on the Zombie question myself.
One of the many great books I have never written, but would if I had the time, would undoubtedly become a classic in the Marxist tradition - "Dead Labour: The Zombie problem and the Labour Theory of Value"
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Probably too obscure for most of you -
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." : Karl Marx - I'm trying to find the source of this quotation.
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Quote is from 'Capital' vol 1, Ch 10...
Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence. William Blake
Everything in that article I already knew from watching the films.
"The future lasts a long time"-Charles de Gaulle
Capital theory of labour is inherently flawed anyway...Originally posted by AndyJWest:
I think that this needs further research, and have sometimes speculated on the Zombie question myself.
One of the many great books I have never written, but would if I had the time, would undoubtedly become a classic in the Marxist tradition - "Dead Labour: The Zombie problem and the Labour Theory of Value"
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Probably too obscure for most of you -
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." : Karl Marx - I'm trying to find the source of this quotation.
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Quote is from 'Capital' vol 1, Ch 10...
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Capital theory of labour is inherently flawed anyway... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by ImpStarDuece:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AndyJWest:
I think that this needs further research, and have sometimes speculated on the Zombie question myself.
One of the many great books I have never written, but would if I had the time, would undoubtedly become a classic in the Marxist tradition - "Dead Labour: The Zombie problem and the Labour Theory of Value"
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Probably too obscure for most of you -
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." : Karl Marx - I'm trying to find the source of this quotation.
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Quote is from 'Capital' vol 1, Ch 10...
All theories are inherently flawed (including the theory that all theories are inherently flawed)....
There are serious academic works on the vampire metaphor in Marx's works:
You probably won't want to read this....
Of course any valid Marxist analysis will distinguish between the vampire (the exploiter) and the zombie (the exploited - see Wikipedia Zombie article).
Without Contraries is no progression. Attraction and Repulsion, Reason and Energy, Love and Hate, are necessary to Human existence. William Blake
Originally posted by AndyJWest:
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Probably too obscure for most of you -
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." : Karl Marx - I'm trying to find the source of this quotation.
Edit 2 ----
Quote is from 'Capital' vol 1, Ch 10...
Good luck trying to sell that stuff to people that lived in commie states and experience the full spectrum of horrors a "Proletarian democracy" can create....
...I'd rathere have zombies...(and Target's typewriter)
Originally posted by Jaws2002:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by AndyJWest:
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Probably too obscure for most of you -
"Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks." : Karl Marx - I'm trying to find the source of this quotation.
Edit 2 ----
Quote is from 'Capital' vol 1, Ch 10...
Good luck trying to sell that stuff to people that lived in commie states and experience the full spectrum of horrors a "Proletarian democracy" can create....
...I'd rathere have zombies...(and Target's typewriter
I thought that it was us lefties that were supposed to have no sense of humour...
I had to endure almost 20 years of "lefties" sense of horror....sorry humor.Originally posted by AndyJWest:
I thought that it was us lefties that were supposed to have no sense of humour...
What you posted above was no humor. More like propaganda.
But let's just let it go back on topic. This kind of discusiond bring back some horrible memories.
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