Marxism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism: Conclusions
Chapter 12- Conclusions The 1930’s saw the full emergence of one-party state systems run by charismatic leaders ruling over populations called to redemptive purposes. Both
Chapter 12- Conclusions The 1930’s saw the full emergence of one-party state systems run by charismatic leaders ruling over populations called to redemptive purposes. Both
World War I would have a profound effect on socialism. The looming war brought out challenges to orthodox Marxism among the workers and socialists of each
Classical Marxism taught that workers “of the world” were supposed to unite in mutual identification with each other based on economic class. But workers everywhere found
The author covers how 4 different Marxists tried to resolve difficulties they saw in Marx’s reasons. This post is a summary of his chapters on
In the next four chapters, the author covers how 4 different Marxists tried to resolve difficulties they saw in Marx’s reasons. I’ll cover these two
I’m giving a rather lengthy recap of A. James Gregor’s book: Marxism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism. I’m opening here with my own summary of some points
Part of my character is that I take people at face value, and tend to give them the benefit of the doubt on things. If
At church last night I was asked if I had any prayer requests/praise reports. I mentioned, very vaguely, that we were facing some major changes
When I was in college, I remember a political science professor mentioning something about using the phrase “my wife”. Saying “my wife” implied all kinds
I follow a Calvin and Hobbes twitter account because, like everyone else in the universe, I love the comic strip. This particular one had both Calvin
“I have more intellectual pursuits, and less intellect with which to pursue them.“
This website was formerly “the TL;DR place” on tumblr. But I occasionally posted things that I wanted others to see, and they were unable to access the content without tumblr accounts. I called the blog the TL;DR place because the writing I do here is essentially a place for me to process through my thoughts. Most of my friend group isn’t all that interested in the same things, so I write rather than talk through it.
The domain name is a play on my name: David Laurance. David is of Hebrew origin and means something like “beloved”, and my middle name “Laurance” is derived from the name of a great aunt “Laura” back somewhere in the ancestry. The male equivalent is Lawrence, or Larry…. so… “beloved Larry” > everyone loves Larry.