... the answer is not papa Marx. Think by yourself.

[Henk Elegeert]

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Communist dead weights

I've always had a great aversion for Marx, even without knowing his
theory. Upon instinct, i knew that there was something wrong in his
work. Baudrillard later confirmed that there was a problem with the
symbolic aspect of merchandise in the marxist theory.

I won't be long here: i always thought that communism is like a
religion; communist people lack initiatives; the only word they have
in their mouth is ''marx''; they lack critical sense; they have a
tendancy to avoid the thinkers that would put doubt in their minds;
they are closed; they have a problem with religion, because they are
one themselves; they are irresponsible, because they always put the
blame on something else, and the ''true'' communism never had a chance
to be applied yet, as they say; when you discuss with them, you are
talking to a wall, they are ''convinced'' already and there's no way
you can change their minds; they put more emphasis on equality than
freedom; they invert the meaning of words, just like in 1984; they put
bureaucracy everywhere, slowing everything down; they are often a
dead-weight in a company or in any kind of situation; they think by
saying they're marxists, they will look intellectual; they believe in
a one-solution approach, and this solution is never far from
totalitarianism; they are undoubtely short-sighted and naive to think
that everything will work like in a book, and they don't understand
well human nature.

Man like to have more power, more prestige, and he's ready to
''fight'' for it. Don't try to put him in a herd of cattle, he will
start to go ''wrong'' and find an outlet in ''crime'' (blackmarket).
This competitive nature of man, make science and technology go
forward, promotes new ideas, leadership and freedom. Everybody likes
to ''have more'', always, and man likes to think he is ''really
different'' from the others, that he is special, and we can do nothing
about that. A man can work his head off if he think he has a chance
for all that, otherwise, he just follows, like in the communist
regime.

Express yourself and appreciate your freedom now, because it might not
last too long with what is coming. I don't believe the capitalist
approach is the best or the only solution; i think it ends up in a
dead-end in the long term. We have to find something better, and the
answer is not papa Marx. Think by yourself.
"

Henk Elegeert

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