[Marxism] Communism and socialism

[Magdi Elgizouli]

the question is unfounded, first scarcity in the absolute sense does not
exist in the world of today, rather the grand issue is resources management
and surplus distribution. Of course, the communist hypothesis relies on
abundance, however a the discussion of stages is more or less silenced by
the realities of socialist experience in the twentieth century. Lenin's
political attempt has ever doomed the watchful waiting for the right
economic moment, and it has a become a scapegoat for leftist inaction. The
concrete and the now is where communism starts, not the dogma but the
hypothesis.

regards
M

2008/10/2 David Picón Álvarez <david en miradoiro.com>

> My view:
>
> 1) Conditions of abundance are still possible given the tech base and the
> population, and the delta of the population.
>
> 2) If they weren't, the reasonable thing to do would be instituting a
> programme of progressive population decrease, until they were. Note that
> one
> child per woman would probably be a sufficient constraint. That said
> talking
> about it is premature because: 1) I don't think we're at all at that stage,
> and 2) it would be a matter for people to decide at that point in time.
>
> --David.
>
>
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