10-08-2011, 03:22 PM
I think that it was Anthony Sutton and not Ed quoting about the state. Poor Ed is getting all the questions :poke: after serving this smorgasbord of ideas. The withering of the state occcurs as a natual process of the transistion from a socialist state to a communist one. When the proletariat obtain control of the state apparatus and implement a socialist society and as that society matures and develops (with out interference from reactionary forces, by the way) into a communist society the state itself will wither and eventually disappear as it,as a weapon of power, will no longer be needed. The property will all be communally owned and distributed and in fact the concept of property itself will also disappear.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it." Karl Marx
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.
"He would, wouldn't he?" Mandy Rice-Davies. When asked in court whether she knew that Lord Astor had denied having sex with her.
“I think it would be a good idea” Ghandi, when asked about Western Civilisation.