Thread: An Appeal to the Young

Originally Posted by sheffieldlover

I did of course copy and paste it, and omitted a bunch of stuff to make it digestible. This is probably the most important document on social injustice that I've ever come across. Reading it might give some people a better view of this political business. Everybody is so caught up in the little BS, they miss the bigger picture.

LOL - so when I decided to go ahead and give it an honest read (out of respect for you as i enjoy your posts), all I could think was what is all this existentialism horse pucky? Then as I got to the end I noted that you hadn't written this, but rather cut and pasted another mans work - it was a huge relief because when I say that was total and complete... I am not insulting you directly.

Seriously you are quoting a Russian commie/anarchist from the late 1800's and saying his rambling are still relevant today? Moreover - asking the youth to buy-in!? Seriously it's not relevant today other than uh, maybe a historical document. It's about as relevant as Marx's Communist Manifesto I guess.

I don't know man - all that mumbo-jumbo relies on the premise that people under socialism will put aside their ethnic and nationalistic allegiances and regard all persons as comrades... and sir, that's never born out in the 100 years since he wrote that. Unless you consider the EU a good example? <- You could kind of go there but it was really created out of a Capitalist need for scale.

Anyway - do you really think Capitalism has done you so wrong?? If this was the ramblings of a man who wished mankind to give up on it's naturally destructive and greedy tendency's because we have to prep for the little green men from Mars coming - I would buy in more easily today. Other wise it's just a great historical piece of days gone by.

OK - now tell me why I am wrong!!

*EDIT* This is going to be a blast!! "The History of Economic Thought" was bar none my favorite class in undergrad so sorry if this excites me lol .