tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post5983036601458032432..comments2024-03-28T17:08:15.784-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: Engels on the Historical Evolution of Capitalism in Marxism: A CritiqueLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-15452635927342473772016-10-20T03:39:43.653-07:002016-10-20T03:39:43.653-07:00Thanks to Keynes perhaps Marxist predictions didn&...Thanks to Keynes perhaps Marxist predictions didn't turn out that way?<br /><br />Capitalism untouched with technology taking over both the physical and mental roles of human labour is leading to unemployment, a huge proletariat, and a vanishingly small class of the super rich.<br /><br />As for open borders I do not believe that Marx or Engels would support open borders in the context of a capitalist world. I regard America's individualism and lack of social fabric as the source of the one-world capitalist religion where the idea of culture, distinction and roots are all barriers to trade.Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-25111924217216362882016-10-19T10:02:17.430-07:002016-10-19T10:02:17.430-07:00LK, anarcho-capitalists and the Libertarian Party ...LK, anarcho-capitalists and the Libertarian Party platform favor open borders. Can you please provide references to open borders as Marx/Engels' position? (I distinguish Marx from his self-identifying followers today, some of whom may maintain such positions, although I don't see that they flow from Marx or Engels writings.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com