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Old 10-27-2008, 07:01 AM   #66 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by roachboy View Post
i can tell you, in my capacity as an expert on this area, that obama is not a marxist.
I was just about to say that I think Marxism would get in the way of Obama's quasi-socialist leanings. I'm relieved you came in here to say what you said first. But, yeah, even I--with no such credentials regarding Marxism--knew this to be quite false.

I'm thinking of starting a thread that explains the differences between Marxism, Communism, and socialism. There is much misunderstanding out there. But maybe it would be best for you to do this.

Do people know that socialism co-exists within capitalism?
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