repulsewarrior wrote:...my brother in law was a surgeon, he died young unfortunately, and worked at the Hospital in Nicosia. He was invited to practice in Canada, as a young man, at one of its most reputable hospitals. At least for some, it seems, there is something more to their Practice, the pleasure in it was worth more than the money, because although at the time, his salary was not far from that of other civil servants, he had authority in his own Operating Room, he staffed it, he had his own ward, and he was provided whatever equipment he asked for, this would not happen, that closeness to Care, where he would have tripled his salary instantly; but i doubt this kind of incentive is available to Medical Practitioners now, in Cyprus.
Times have changed indeed, but not really, because Communism is still regarded as a competing system for our hearts and minds; It is not. Our treatment of Karl Marx and Fredric Engels' work, politically, is how Darwin's work was treated, for or against. Although somehow, unlike Evolution as it was described by Marx, thrown into a heap of fire, Darwin's work avoided the same fate, perhaps because of the way they were defended. In any case, Lenin's efforts to produce a revolution based on a Vanguard only proves that our evolution may be directed to resist the affects of change, what is Natural, is not changed.
All things come to an end, it is the Law of Entropy, and in the larger system of things, such an end describes a cycle. And, by survival or design, as beings we adapt to what changes around us. Scientifically they, Darwin and Marx, (i feel it deserves repeating,) in describing Evolution have not been treated the same, although by nature neither is different in how they analysed the facts as they were, and how from the analysis their theory evolved.
Somewhere i mentioned Trotsky, too, the split of Leninism if you will with Stalin, and the mystery he took to his death, why he stopped trying. And if Marx is correct, denied or not, there will be a moment where the very few have become so few that they are exposed by this weakness, it is the nature of Capitalism, and in this extreme, the world in an instant will know who they are, and from them proceed in directing the Means of Production themselves. Socialism, and Social-Democracy, as we see from the reaction in the radical right in America typically (and elsewhere) is a step back from Capitalism unfettered, and in their minds, likely one step forward toward what is their deepest fear, an end of the Supremacy of Capitalism, because there is a rational use of resources (which is Social rather than Plundered) toward fulfilling needs.
Indeed, historically, at the time, Socialism as a Movement was diluted by the Russian effort (competing directly with it, or being taken over by it) to move their Agenda forward, becoming not unlike the Imperialist they swore to overthrow; what was expected failed, otherwise the horrors of Stalins' rule may not have been necessary for the survival of this Ruling Class.
We, being the rest of us, suffer to this day the harm that was done to thought in general because what is an analysis of what will be because of what was, based on the fact that all things come to an end, was hijacked skewing any debate on it (read: Evolution) as a subject, itself (read: Political Economics). And our well-being has been reduced to the NGOs who promote this awareness, where we might choose ourselves something more than being mindless consumers of debt, often under conditions where it appears as though Government, and, Finance/Industry, are their adversaries for Social-Justice; and where an Aid Agency may be an agent entirely against Equity, and whose intention is to keep things (corrupted) just the way they are.
RW,
to be totally honest with you, I don't think I understand what you're saying.
I am also not knowledgeable about Leninism, Marxism or Stalinism and I don't see how it relates to evolution.
For any of these ideals to replace Capitalism, the entire Financial Industry, markets (the way goods and services are traded) will need to be disbanded. It sounds like Anarchy to me and on top of this there is no incentive for people to aspire to greater things and consequent greater rewards so all of a sudden there is no means to provide for the needs of society in a social context.
That is where it all crumbles down and the reason why so many States failed.
