The ruling class propaganda works very well against all the other arguments, which is why, unlike egalitarianism, the public is allowed to know about them
John, as I read and think more about your argument for calling for an egalitarian society by advancing an egalitarian revolution, I think you are right on the money (no pun intended.) Egalitarianism appeals to me because it is fresh language for possibilities in society. The word egalitarian is even being used by mainstream establishmentarians to describe a reasonable answer to the problem of inequality in our "liberal democracy." Egalitarian is not freighted with the history of totalitarianism like is communism and socialism and even Marxism. Even the word "dialectic" among the right wing, has taken on a diabolical connotation for manipulating thinking. Your key point is that we in the movement need to speak honestly and forthrightly about the profound corruption baked into the plutocracy we are currently under and advance an egalitarian alternative. This seems like a reasonable response from people who really care about what is going on.
Thank you Chuck. As you know from our email exchanges with the Marxist, Thomas, the last several days, the Marxists oppose the egalitarian idea of genuine democracy, namely voluntary federation of sovereign local assemblies of egalitarians; they oppose it because they have a fundamentally negative view of ordinary people as pro-capitalist and leaning towards fascist authoritarianism, to use Thomas's own repeatedly stated words.
The Marxists love to use the word 'dialectical' (which is just a fancy word for being nuanced and aware of the fact that things are often complicated and change over time, etc.) to make it seem as if their negative view of ordinary people is more "scientific" than the egalitarian understanding that ordinary people and their current values and aims are the solution, not the problem, and that the revolution we need is to enable the egalitarian values that most people already have to shape ALL of society and not just the little corners of the world that ordinary people have any real control of today.
John, as I read and think more about your argument for calling for an egalitarian society by advancing an egalitarian revolution, I think you are right on the money (no pun intended.) Egalitarianism appeals to me because it is fresh language for possibilities in society. The word egalitarian is even being used by mainstream establishmentarians to describe a reasonable answer to the problem of inequality in our "liberal democracy." Egalitarian is not freighted with the history of totalitarianism like is communism and socialism and even Marxism. Even the word "dialectic" among the right wing, has taken on a diabolical connotation for manipulating thinking. Your key point is that we in the movement need to speak honestly and forthrightly about the profound corruption baked into the plutocracy we are currently under and advance an egalitarian alternative. This seems like a reasonable response from people who really care about what is going on.
Thank you Chuck. As you know from our email exchanges with the Marxist, Thomas, the last several days, the Marxists oppose the egalitarian idea of genuine democracy, namely voluntary federation of sovereign local assemblies of egalitarians; they oppose it because they have a fundamentally negative view of ordinary people as pro-capitalist and leaning towards fascist authoritarianism, to use Thomas's own repeatedly stated words.
The Marxists love to use the word 'dialectical' (which is just a fancy word for being nuanced and aware of the fact that things are often complicated and change over time, etc.) to make it seem as if their negative view of ordinary people is more "scientific" than the egalitarian understanding that ordinary people and their current values and aims are the solution, not the problem, and that the revolution we need is to enable the egalitarian values that most people already have to shape ALL of society and not just the little corners of the world that ordinary people have any real control of today.
Now we have our work cut out for us, uh? :)