Comments for Diary of a Walking Butterfly http://www.walkingbutterfly.com we can escape the institutions that clip our wings, if only we organise to make it so! Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Comment on On the Fetish of Constitutions by Liam O'Ceallaigh http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2011/03/07/on-the-fetish-of-constitutions/#comment-7411 Liam O'Ceallaigh Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:19:36 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=1769#comment-7411 I think the "Green Book" is pretty bad. If I have time some day maybe I'll do a post on it. But probably not. I think the Libyan people will end up teaching us more about democracy than Qaddafi ever did. I think the “Green Book” is pretty bad. If I have time some day maybe I’ll do a post on it. But probably not. I think the Libyan people will end up teaching us more about democracy than Qaddafi ever did.

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]]> Comment on Eugene Debs: “That is the demand.” by Liam O'Ceallaigh http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2011/11/18/eugene-debs-that-is-the-demand/#comment-5267 Liam O'Ceallaigh Mon, 28 Nov 2011 05:17:45 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=2794#comment-5267 The ruling class will never listen or become empathic. These things will happen when the vast majority of the population make them happen. The ruling class will never listen or become empathic. These things will happen when the vast majority of the population make them happen.

]]> Comment on Eugene Debs: “That is the demand.” by Dennis Sweatt http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2011/11/18/eugene-debs-that-is-the-demand/#comment-5265 Dennis Sweatt Mon, 28 Nov 2011 03:05:44 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=2794#comment-5265 You will have to demand that those in power listen and become empathetic before these demands will even be considered. You will have to demand that those in power listen and become empathetic before these demands will even be considered.

]]> Comment on Marx: ‘I Told You So’? Yeah, no… by Jacob Richter http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2011/08/21/marx-i-told-you-so/#comment-4485 Jacob Richter Wed, 09 Nov 2011 06:48:10 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=2677#comment-4485 The real "I told you so" was aimed at the working class (not this "Marx for the bourgeoisie/capitalists"), and goes like this: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/09/politics-resolution.htm "Considering, that against this collective power of the propertied classes the working class <b>cannot act, as a class, except</b> by constituting itself into a political party, distinct from, and opposed to, all old parties formed by the propertied classes; That this constitution of the working class into a political party is indispensable in order to ensure the triumph of the social revolution and its ultimate end — the abolition of classes..." And that the structure of said "political party" is much, much closer to pre-WWI German Social Democracy than to today's electoral machines or the vulgar "party in the broad sense" that's used as cover for council fetishes. The real “I told you so” was aimed at the working class (not this “Marx for the bourgeoisie/capitalists”), and goes like this:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1871/09/politics-resolution.htm

“Considering, that against this collective power of the propertied classes the working class cannot act, as a class, except by constituting itself into a political party, distinct from, and opposed to, all old parties formed by the propertied classes;

That this constitution of the working class into a political party is indispensable in order to ensure the triumph of the social revolution and its ultimate end — the abolition of classes…”

And that the structure of said “political party” is much, much closer to pre-WWI German Social Democracy than to today’s electoral machines or the vulgar “party in the broad sense” that’s used as cover for council fetishes.

]]> Comment on On the Fetish of Constitutions by William Richardson http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2011/03/07/on-the-fetish-of-constitutions/#comment-2069 William Richardson Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:51:11 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=1769#comment-2069 I find it interesting you bring this up. I don't know your stance on the man but the same idea about constitutions (at minimum, liberal democratic ones) is put forward by Mummar Qaddafi in his Green Book. I find it a very novel and refreshing idea that we may not need constitutions in the new socialist society, at least not the ones we're used to today. Here's a post on my blog dealing rather quickly with the idea: http://redsociology101.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/what-can-libya-teach-us-about-democracy/ I find it interesting you bring this up. I don’t know your stance on the man but the same idea about constitutions (at minimum, liberal democratic ones) is put forward by Mummar Qaddafi in his Green Book. I find it a very novel and refreshing idea that we may not need constitutions in the new socialist society, at least not the ones we’re used to today. Here’s a post on my blog dealing rather quickly with the idea: http://redsociology101.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/what-can-libya-teach-us-about-democracy/

]]> Comment on When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’ by Liam O'Ceallaigh http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2010/12/22/when-you-kill-ten-million-africans-you-arent-called-hitler/#comment-1833 Liam O'Ceallaigh Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:48:23 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=376#comment-1833 We can't ignore reality and pretend that a monarchy didn't once rule over Belgium and its colonies. Claiming that you can murder 10 million people "accidentally" is completely unbelievable. If it wasn't a genocide than the word has no meaning. Was the extermination of the indigenous people of the Americas not a genocide? We can’t ignore reality and pretend that a monarchy didn’t once rule over Belgium and its colonies. Claiming that you can murder 10 million people “accidentally” is completely unbelievable. If it wasn’t a genocide than the word has no meaning. Was the extermination of the indigenous people of the Americas not a genocide?

]]> Comment on When You Kill Ten Million Africans You Aren’t Called ‘Hitler’ by Ariana http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/2010/12/22/when-you-kill-ten-million-africans-you-arent-called-hitler/#comment-1823 Ariana Fri, 08 Jul 2011 20:23:17 +0000 http://www.walkingbutterfly.com/?p=376#comment-1823 Do you know why the event you dubbed the Congolese Genocide isn't on that page? Not because nobody cares or knows about it, but because Wikipedia uses the official definition of the word 'Genocide', and the event King Leopold II of the Belgians (by saying 'King of Belgium' you're breaking the Belgian Constitution which states that every power comes forth from the Nation) does not fit the description. Unlike Hitler Leo never ordered the mutilation or murder of any of his subjects, there was no intention, keyword if you want to label something as genocide. You can blame Leopold II that he expressed himself very vague. Do you know why the event you dubbed the Congolese Genocide isn’t on that page? Not because nobody cares or knows about it, but because Wikipedia uses the official definition of the word ‘Genocide’, and the event King Leopold II of the Belgians (by saying ‘King of Belgium’ you’re breaking the Belgian Constitution which states that every power comes forth from the Nation) does not fit the description.
Unlike Hitler Leo never ordered the mutilation or murder of any of his subjects, there was no intention, keyword if you want to label something as genocide.
You can blame Leopold II that he expressed himself very vague.

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