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Anonymous wrote:Who cares if he is, in fact, a Marxist.
He’s not running for president. I can’t believe ppl use this as a talking point.

You seems lost. This is not a presidential thread. This thread is to discuss a specific professor. If you don't care about his achievements and his contributions to this country, move on.

If this is not a presidential thread, why is it in politics? Kamala's father was not a politician.

Because politics are not limited to presidents.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, we know you don't care.

You have differing standards based on what party the candidate belongs to.

Which party does Harris' father belong to?

Is he a candidate for office? No? Then he doesn't belong to a party.

+1 I mean, Trump's ILs are actual communists. MAGA don't seem to care.

Excellent point.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if he is, in fact, a Marxist.
He’s not running for president. I can’t believe ppl use this as a talking point.

You seems lost. This is not a presidential thread. This thread is to discuss a specific professor. If you don't care about his achievements and his contributions to this country, move on.

If this is not a presidential thread, why is it in politics? Kamala's father was not a politician.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if he is, in fact, a Marxist.
He’s not running for president. I can’t believe ppl use this as a talking point.

You seems lost. This is not a presidential thread. This thread is to discuss a specific professor. If you don't care about his achievements and his contributions to this country, move on.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, we know you don't care.

You have differing standards based on what party the candidate belongs to.

Which party does Harris' father belong to?

Is he a candidate for office? No? Then he doesn't belong to a party.

+1 I mean, Trump's ILs are actual communists. MAGA don't seem to care.

Anonymous wrote:Who cares if he is, in fact, a Marxist.
He’s not running for president. I can’t believe ppl use this as a talking point.

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Trump a convicted criminal?

Who cares! Move on.

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jsteele wrote:Harris' father was a professor who wrote about communist economics. His own economic beliefs draw heavily on Marxist concepts, but not necessarily communist ideas. He seems to agree with Marx's ideas about capital. But, as far as I am aware, he doesn't address concepts such as dialectical materialism or other Marxist political beliefs.

If you look into his writings, there is nothing that revolutionary about them. Like many economists, he does not believe that the free market, left to itself, will result in satisfactory outcomes. Therefore, he supports government intervention. His Marxist ideas are evident due to his emphasis that this intervention should be aimed toward economic equality. It is always dangerous when academic writings which are normally full of nuance and qualifications are reduced to a political one-liner. So, the answer to your question, strictly speaking, is that Harris' father was a scholar of communist and Marxist economics, there was nothing secret about it, but that there is no evidence that he is "communist" or "Marxist" as those terms are commonly understood in America.

Do you mean there is no evidence that he paid dues to the Communist party?

No, I mean that there is no evidence that he espouses the political theory that is commonly considered "communism" in the US.

One may read the Bible and decide that it has some good points and integrate those few points into their own personal ethics. That does not make them a Christian.

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jsteele wrote:Harris' father was a professor who wrote about communist economics. His own economic beliefs draw heavily on Marxist concepts, but not necessarily communist ideas. He seems to agree with Marx's ideas about capital. But, as far as I am aware, he doesn't address concepts such as dialectical materialism or other Marxist political beliefs.

If you look into his writings, there is nothing that revolutionary about them. Like many economists, he does not believe that the free market, left to itself, will result in satisfactory outcomes. Therefore, he supports government intervention. His Marxist ideas are evident due to his emphasis that this intervention should be aimed toward economic equality. It is always dangerous when academic writings which are normally full of nuance and qualifications are reduced to a political one-liner. So, the answer to your question, strictly speaking, is that Harris' father was a scholar of communist and Marxist economics, there was nothing secret about it, but that there is no evidence that he is "communist" or "Marxist" as those terms are commonly understood in America.

Do you mean there is no evidence that he paid dues to the Communist party?

jsteele wrote:Harris' father was a professor who wrote about communist economics. His own economic beliefs draw heavily on Marxist concepts, but not necessarily communist ideas. He seems to agree with Marx's ideas about capital. But, as far as I am aware, he doesn't address concepts such as dialectical materialism or other Marxist political beliefs.

If you look into his writings, there is nothing that revolutionary about them. Like many economists, he does not believe that the free market, left to itself, will result in satisfactory outcomes. Therefore, he supports government intervention. His Marxist ideas are evident due to his emphasis that this intervention should be aimed toward economic equality. It is always dangerous when academic writings which are normally full of nuance and qualifications are reduced to a political one-liner. So, the answer to your question, strictly speaking, is that Harris' father was a scholar of communist and Marxist economics, there was nothing secret about it, but that there is no evidence that he is "communist" or "Marxist" as those terms are commonly understood in America.

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Anonymous wrote:1) there is nothing insidious or shameful about being a Communist or Marxist

2) so?


This is a feature not a bug.

That's a hard stop.

Communism / Marxism are NOT compatible with our Constitutional Republic.

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Anonymous wrote:I have encountered this accusation, now on several forums and also in “comments” sections of news accounts.

But no one backs up the charge and I could not find anything on the normal fact-checking sites like Snopes.

Where is this false rumor coming from and why are people spreading it?

Melania's father was a communist big wig in Slovenia and had a red Mercedes. Ruining people's lives with communist accusations died with McCarthy.

And Trump was a Democrat. Wise people recognize their mistakes and change their behavior.