tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post1939708917133129294..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Mailer on MarxEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-68420211579876970292011-11-15T20:41:13.563-06:002011-11-15T20:41:13.563-06:00+1 for Anonymous #5. Though to be fair, I believe...+1 for Anonymous #5. Though to be fair, I believe that it's arms-length investment that displays no risk premium. I can't imagine somebody starting a small business due to envy. I don't envy people who have to be up at 4 in the morning....Bernard Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058188937972313421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-85852128010458399012011-11-13T07:43:46.242-06:002011-11-13T07:43:46.242-06:00"An arguement made by the Marxist's is th..."An arguement made by the Marxist's is that the theories have never truly been implemented and I agree that Russia and China etc...were not true implementation of Marxist's theories."<br /><br />Did Marx ever mention exactly how communism was supposed to be implemented? I can't imagine many scenarios where the guys with the most marbles willingly give them up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-60724020298008863822011-11-12T14:27:52.724-06:002011-11-12T14:27:52.724-06:00Well Karl, because the capitalist alone (in this p...<i>Well Karl, because the capitalist alone (in this pure-play example) is putting up the venture capital, taking the risk and reaping the profit or loss.</i><br /><br />You must have missed the memo, there is no risk premium.Anonymous #5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-51197845214641493212011-11-11T09:14:20.476-06:002011-11-11T09:14:20.476-06:00It always amazed me that Marx was so flummoxed by ...It always amazed me that Marx was so flummoxed by the concept of what he termed “surplus value” (how can $10 of labor + $10 of raw material yield something the capitalist can sell for $30?) Well Karl, because the capitalist alone (in this pure-play example) is putting up the venture capital, taking the risk and reaping the profit or loss.<br /><br />Camille Paglia is the last person I know of who, like Norman Mailer and Hunter Thompson (among other more straight-arrow types I can’t recall just now), politically self-identifies as a “Libertarian Democrat”. That such a characterization was ever openly embraced or even made any sense shows how much the Left has changed in the last 40 years. Can you imagine a prominent liberal today fretting about “Big Brother” type personal invasiveness as Mailer does here in his 1950’s reminiscence?Mercurynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-1765140585709770042011-11-11T07:34:54.933-06:002011-11-11T07:34:54.933-06:00An arguement made by the Marxist's is that the...An arguement made by the Marxist's is that the theories have never truly been implemented and I agree that Russia and China etc...were not true implementation of Marxist's theories. <br /><br />However over my years of observation and pondering the issue, I have come to the conclusion that Marxism can not be implemented, it is at it's very presumptions in conflict with human nature. The system corrupts those charged with implementation.Drosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17658125602877320129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-5537465582797635432011-11-10T23:10:11.683-06:002011-11-10T23:10:11.683-06:00In early kibbutzim (collective agricultural settle...In early kibbutzim (collective agricultural settlements) in Israel accounting and planning was based on work-hours. It makes sense when you live in a homogeneous monastery. It was applied for seventy or so years but now it has been abandoned.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676167615981895061noreply@blogger.com