I would like to submit to you a simple structure to every argument, as talked about by Aristotle in Rhetoric. There are two parts to an argument: the premise, and the conclusion. (1) By premise , I mean a preliminary point (an assumption if you will) that is taken as granted, or taken as true (example to follow). By conclusion , I mean the logical derivation or logical follow-up of one or more premises (example to follow). I shall use the Aristotlean syllogism (a certain kind of argument in which there are two premises and a conclusion drawn from them) to demonstrate the reason behind the many, ideological or otherwise, arguments that people tend to have. (2) The famous example for syllogism used by Aristotle is: 1. All men are mortal. (PREMISE 1) 2. Socrates is a man. (PREMISE 2) 3. Therefore, Socrates is mortal. (CONCLUSION) In this, the first two are premises , taken as granted. ...
NOTE: We will be talking exclusively about Marxist critique of capitalism, and therefore, the basic ideas of communism. We will not be talking about the philosophical implications, but just the economic ideas he discussed in Das Kapital Volume 1. I do not claim my understanding of Marx as absolute, or even anywhere near it. Please feel free to read the original texts and come to your own interpretations. We will proceed in the following way: 1. First, what he proposed. 2. The explanation for his proposals according to the Marxist perspective. PART 1: Firstly, what he proposed: 1. All land, factories, and means of production BELONG TO THE PEOPLE , to all the people and not to the few. 2. That the conversion of capital and hoarding be stopped. 3. Absolute equal rights for all. 4. Profits AS THEFT be stopped. 5. That to each will be given ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY PRODUCE . 6. That renting be banned. Quick clarifications (YOU CAN SKIP THIS IF YOU WANT AND...
TRIGGER WARNING: MENTAL HEALTH, HEAVY TOPICS, SUICIDE DISCUSSED Man, oh man, how are you man? OK. K. Kinda not cool. Okay. OK. We use man a lot, don’t we. Yes we do. Well we shouldn’t. Why? We oughtn’t. Haven’t heard that word in a while. Yeah. Yeah. But then, thoughts of a suicidal human doesn’t have the crunch to it. What crunch? The crunch of a nodding crumbling patriarchy, (and I hope it dies a slow death, kill it with fire, and every oily fucker supporting it too). You’re being weird again. Again? Again. I’m K, it’s short for Kthanksbye. And this is suicidals anonymous. Except it isn’t. Suicidals don’t come together in a group. Unless you’re Manson’s people. But then you’re not suicidal. I’m on a train, I’ll explain later, but by later I won’t be there anymore, I’ll either be in my empty flat, or, hopefully, not. Floyd is playing Goodbye Cruel World right now. Good good. I don’t want to, and won’t need to, take too much of your novel...
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