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Happy Birthday Mr. Marx

StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
edited May 2010 in Social Entropy++
You are one rad dude.

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http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/marx.html

I'm not hardcore enough to be a Marxist, but I wish I were.

Because of Marx, we got some awesome dudes, like David Harvey
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and Mike Davis
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so while you're out today, ponder on your measly proletariat existance

pick this up, because everyone likes comics
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    HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Teefs thread in 3...2...Proletariat

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    SniperLogicSniperLogic ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Meh, I'll take Weber any day. Never quite had the following of Marx as you don't hear about many Neo-Weberians, but Neo-Marxist are a dime a dozen....but then the Neo-Marxist never had the same "omph" in their writings that Marx did.

    Plus, Marx never had multiple mental break-downs like Weber. That is what makes genius!

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] regular
    edited May 2010
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    SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Eighteen minutes.

    Not bad.

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    SniperLogicSniperLogic ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Squall wrote: »
    Eighteen minutes.

    Not bad.

    And yet the capitalist only paid her for fifteen.

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    AbracadanielAbracadaniel Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Groucho_Marx.jpg

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    The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Groucho_Marx.jpg

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    FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Thank you, Smart Hero.

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    SticksSticks I'd rather be in bed.Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    This thread smells like old people and commies.

    Can we burn it now?

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Groucho_Marx.jpg

    Let's talk about how awesome Groucho Marx was instead

    Man, Duck Soup is still funny, after seventy years

    That's a fucking accomplishment

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    Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I did not expect Duck Soup to be as funny as it was

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    OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    All the Marx Brothers films are like that, though

    You are never prepared for how funny they still are

    I love Groucho's song and dance bit in Horse Feathers where he's singing in front of an entire college that he never wanted a son while his son is sitting in the front row

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    PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    the marx brothers will never not be funny

    ever

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Geek wrote: »
    Smart Hero wrote: »
    Groucho_Marx.jpg

    johnlennon1.jpg

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    Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    ahahaha

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    bongibongi regular
    edited May 2010
    ~why i am not a marxist~

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    LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Smart Hero wrote: »
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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    the line "And yet the capitalist only paid her for fifteen" being followed by groucho was pretty much the best.

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    autono-wally, erotibot300autono-wally, erotibot300 love machine Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    accidentally burning innocent people?
    protesting against cut backs when every country in europe has to give 110 billion dollars combined as a first relief?

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If Greece had it's own currency it wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble.

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    BalefuegoBalefuego Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    love the Marx brothers

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    FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Far Side wrote: »
    btw greek workers are doing the Correct thing right now

    I thought the same, until I heard their reasoning.

    "But we don't wanna cut back on our lifestyle :( "

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    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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    Viscount IslandsViscount Islands [INSERT SoKo HERE] ...it was the summer of my lifeRegistered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If Greece didn't have a group of pagan idols then God wouldn't have punished them.

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    LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Langly wrote: »
    If Greece had it's own currency it wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble.

    Or you know, they could have not committed all that tax fraud.

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    If Greece hadn't been the setting for Mamma Mia the universe wouldn't hate it so much.

    edit: well yeah, but economically once they were in trouble, the inability to control their currency really hurt them. It's obviously not the root problem but it did lead to them being in this state.

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    FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    SniperLogic wrote: »
    Meh, I'll take Weber any day. Never quite had the following of Marx as you don't hear about many Neo-Weberians, but Neo-Marxist are a dime a dozen....but then the Neo-Marxist never had the same "omph" in their writings that Marx did.

    Plus, Marx never had multiple mental break-downs like Weber. That is what makes genius!

    Most of all you don't see leftards who tried - and failed - to read The Protestant Ethic misquoting him all over the place.

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    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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    FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    That wasn't targeted at you, you know?

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    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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    LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Far Side wrote: »
    greece is being plundered by the super-rich, and the people are acting in self defence, hth.

    oh also american bankers had a pretty solid role in wrecking greece's economy\
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    leftards
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    Yarp
    http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,676634,00.html

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    LinksvilleLinksville Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    The Far Side wrote: »
    a Good Dog

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    That dog is my best friend.

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    LanglyLangly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    So, looting stores and breaking shit still isn't cool, though.

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    unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    I am glad that no one riots where I live

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    BackwardsnameBackwardsname __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Ferrus wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    btw greek workers are doing the Correct thing right now

    I thought the same, until I heard their reasoning.

    "But we don't wanna cut back on our lifestyle :( "

    Well, why shouldn't they feel that way?

    I mean, it may be necessary and the best course of action at this time, but it's not like it is the working class's fault that the country was so horribly mismanaged by a corrupt ruling class and fraudulent investment banks

    No one wants to take that bitter pill, let alone when it wasn't their decisions that led to their problems.

    Certainly we should be sympathetic to that.

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    FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    These riots, even though the people of Greece might have all the reasons to riot, seem like nothing but mindless, disorganized, good ol' burnin' and pillagin'. I doubt that even half the people there understand why exactly their country is fucked.

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    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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    unintentionalunintentional smelly Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Greece = Vikings???

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    FerrusFerrus Registered User regular
    edited May 2010
    Backwardsname wrote: »
    Ferrus wrote: »
    The Far Side wrote: »
    btw greek workers are doing the Correct thing right now

    I thought the same, until I heard their reasoning.

    "But we don't wanna cut back on our lifestyle :( "

    Well, why shouldn't they feel that way?

    I mean, it may be necessary and the best course of action at this time, but it's not like it is the working class's fault that the country was so horribly mismanaged by a corrupt ruling class and fraudulent investment banks

    No one wants to take that bitter pill, let alone when it wasn't their decisions that led to their problems.

    Certainly we should be sympathetic to that.

    Still, "do not want" is not a good reason to burn shit.

    I mean, if they wanted to lynch their representatives or something, by all means, I couldn't blame them. Anything else though...

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    I would like to pause for a moment, to talk about my penis.
    My penis is like a toddler. A toddler—who is a perfectly normal size for his age—on a long road trip to what he thinks is Disney World. My penis is excited because he hasn’t been to Disney World in a long, long time, but remembers a time when he used to go every day. So now the penis toddler is constantly fidgeting, whining “Are we there yet? Are we there yet? How about now? Now? How about... now?”
    And Disney World is nowhere in sight.
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    BackwardsnameBackwardsname __BANNED USERS regular
    edited May 2010
    Ferrus wrote: »
    These riots, even though the people of Greece might have all the reasons to riot, seem like nothing but mindless, disorganized, good ol' burnin' and pillagin'. I doubt that even half the people there understand why exactly their country is fucked.

    Well that's not really necessary for it to be effective.

    Effective protest needs to be a breach of the social contract -- essentially demanding a renegotiation of the obligations of the state to the citizenry.

    They can be peaceful, but if they are they need to be still somehow disruptive and undermine the social order, such as demonstrating an indifference to the laws of the land and defiance of their enforcement (thereby undermining the ability of the state to enforce its laws at all, and without enforcement there is no law).

    That shit takes a long time. That's your Ghandis and your Dr. Kings and so forth. The only quick example of that I can think of is the first Roman Plebian secession, where everyone just got up and left the city (it was still just a city-state at the time, c. 400 BCE). Now, obviously this isn't feasible in a modern nation-state.

    Riots, while more destructive in the short-run, are certainly a viable option for achieving the basic purpose of protest more quickly.

    Personally, I frown on violence, but to assert that rioting is somehow not a true/appropriate/effective form of protest is to misunderstand the purpose of protest.

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