[Marxism] Betancourt's halo [SIC] under spotlight

[Jscotlive at aol.com]

Kai:
 
The mujahadeen were
fighting against Soviet imperialism
 
Reply:
 
Soviet imperialism - really? And here was me thinking that the Soviet Union  
intervened, after the then leftist Afghan government requested help against a 
US  funded and trained insurgency, to prevent the country being plunged back 
into  the abyss of feudalism.
 
How does Soviet imperialism work economically, btw? My understanding is  that 
imperialism is an economic category. 
 
As for Ruthless:
 
Truth is objective, and, as
someone pointed out already, the bedrock of  Marxism is that truth can
be apprehended. Critique is a means of approaching  truth. Truth does
not vary depending on geographical location of the truth  seeker. By
insinuating that it does, JScotlive smuggles postmodernist  relativism
into Marxism via the back door.

Reply:
 
Interesting that Ruthless ascribes truth to his views on the FARC and all  
other matters, 99.9 percent over which I disagree with him. His is a subjective  
opinion, based on his understanding of the world and viewed through the prism 
of  that understanding. We can only ever take objective facts, which may or 
may not  be distorted by propaganda, quality and extent of information at our  
disposal, both influenced largely by, yes, factors such as our  geographical 
location, and use those facts to arrive at a subjective opinion. To  ascribe 
absolute truth to an opinion is the method of the charlatan.