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Originally Posted by The Unfan
Marxism has very similar ideas to liberalism, at least theoretically. Especially in regards to culture. They both want to grant the people as many freedoms as possible with as little government interaction as possible. Both classical liberalism and marxism make the assumption that the people know what is best for their own persons. The key difference is that liberalism embraces the class divide where Marx assumed it was the cause of a lot of problems.
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Well, the Marxists assume that the proletariat all have common needs and wants. There isn't an individual perspective on the personal needs of the single worker (or farmer). They rather lump them all together and claim to know what each and everyone of them wants. You're right though that both Marxism and liberalism assume than man is at heart good.
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Originally Posted by CAPTAIN CAVEMAN
of course it's a possiblity. what the fuck do you know about any of that sort of stuff?
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How is a possibility? It's not supported by factual evidence. Just because it's written down in some fictional story in an old book doesn't put it on the same level as scientific theories.