Isnt it weird, how only socialism that is scientific, ie. practicall, experimental and clear is called utopian en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_socialism as is pointed out in the article too: Critics have argued that Utopian socialists who established experimental communities were in fact trying to apply the scientific method to human social organization, and were therefore not Utopian. For instance, Joshua Muravchik, on the basis of Karl Poppers definition of science as the practice of experimentation, of hypothesis and test, argued that Owen and Fourier and their followers were the real ‘scientific socialists.’ They hit upon the idea of socialism, and they tested it by attempting to form socialist communities. Muravchik further argued that, in contrast, Marx made untestable predictions about the future, and that Marxs view that socialism would be created by impersonal historical forces may lead one to conclude that it is unnecessary to strive for socialism, because it will happen anyway.[6] and for some weird reason Tim Leary is not mentioned here as a later utopian socialism, which he clearly is, being followed by many counter cultural phenomenas, communes and so forth...
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:23:22 +0000