Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: telnetvision video to
From:    Dumas Walker
Date:    Sat Nov 07, 2026 20:33

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B> Intellectuals do indeed seem to be somewhat ignorant of the
B> mechanics of the world.  The view the world as one being subject
B> to ideas, rather than laws of nature.  This is why people who
B> are engineers tend to be well grounded, they actually udnerstand
B> how systems work.

Agreed.

B> There is another reason why intellectuals love Marxism.  Marxism
B> is a system which speficially puts THEM in charge.
B> Intellectuals will advocate a system where they, not the "common
B> man" or "worker" or "engineer" or "scientist" rule.

Also agreed, although I think they are sometimes mistaken here and find out the hard way that they won't really be in charge.  They may even be seen as a threat to the very -ism they were advocating.  That happened in the USSR, and also in Iran during the uprising in the late 1970s.  Their voices were quickly silenced.

B> So yeah, of course they would hate Capitalism.  Capitalism has
B> no need nor use for them.  Marxism/Communism puts them in
B> charge.

I would amend this to say that Capitalism has no need for pseudo-intellectuals.  I think they could use "real" intellectuals, with actual experience and expertise, but sometimes ignore them to their own detriment (see W. Edwards Deming).


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