occasional_cynic t1_iy3lh8u wrote on November 28, 2022 at 2:24 PM

So a site called "Democracy Now" is commemorating a Marxist who celebrated and supported undemocratic regimes?

frauenarzZzt t1_iy41107 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:19 PM

It's always amazing how people who don't have the slightest idea what Marx wrote of are the first to condemn anything that might be associated with the idea that people should have the right to profit from the fruits of their labor.

josef_k___ OP t1_iy3v3q7 wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:37 PM

"What is this a communist country!? I'm sorry I thought this was America!" -- That's all I hear when I read your comment

occasional_cynic t1_iy42ilr wrote on November 28, 2022 at 4:29 PM

"Communism is a perfectly legitimate and virtuous form of government that would work fine if we just try it again."

Zinn is not a historian, and his book is nothing more than propaganda, and almost universally dismissed by actual historians. Much like Marx's theories itself being dismissed by actual workers, while being embraced by academia, even in his lifetime.

DunkinRadio t1_iy3sznp wrote on November 28, 2022 at 3:21 PM

Yup. They also lionize Castro and Ortega. Boggles the mind.