Marxism and the Problem of StateΑρχειοθετήθηκε 2009-12-17 στο Wayback Machine.: «How can we move to a stateless society? We must first overcome the 'illusory community of equals' (Bonefeld, 2002: 130), created by an abstract, formal equality in law and democratic elections, to establish a socialist state concerned with material equality. To achieve this, the working class would have to overcome the division between the members of civil society and their political representatives. Marx saw a model for this transition in the Paris Commune of 1871, which was governed by councillors elected by universal suffrage who were subject to recall at short notice... ...With this set-up, the state would inevitably wither away because those in positions of power would no longer be privileged in relation to the rest of society (Mandel, 2004, Pierson, 1986: 23).»
Marxism and Democracy: Apex and AbrogationΑρχειοθετήθηκε 2004-09-07 στο Wayback Machine.: «We are considering here a fundamentally different society from the one in which we live; so different that it is hard for those brought up to believe in the egoistic individual to even contemplate. We are considering a society where people fish in the morning and criticise after lunch, where work is not seen as an unfortunate necessity in order to live, but, through its ability to unleash the creativity of the individual, the main reason for life. Work and leisure are no longer separate parts of the day. Productivity has risen to such a high level that there is a surplus of wealth, enough and more for every member of society. Individual differences between members of society are recognised so that those more able to produce wealth do so and those with the most need (e.g. where they have larger families or where disability prevents them from the same level of productive labour) are rewarded to the extent they require. Distribution is voluntary because of the abundance of wealth and the organisation of society. It is a vision where each will take the amount of product he needs, no more and no less. Hence it is a society where a state, regulating the differences between people and organising distribution, is no longer necessary.»
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Marxism and the Problem of StateΑρχειοθετήθηκε 2009-12-17 στο Wayback Machine.: «How can we move to a stateless society? We must first overcome the 'illusory community of equals' (Bonefeld, 2002: 130), created by an abstract, formal equality in law and democratic elections, to establish a socialist state concerned with material equality. To achieve this, the working class would have to overcome the division between the members of civil society and their political representatives. Marx saw a model for this transition in the Paris Commune of 1871, which was governed by councillors elected by universal suffrage who were subject to recall at short notice... ...With this set-up, the state would inevitably wither away because those in positions of power would no longer be privileged in relation to the rest of society (Mandel, 2004, Pierson, 1986: 23).»
Marxism and Democracy: Apex and AbrogationΑρχειοθετήθηκε 2004-09-07 στο Wayback Machine.: «We are considering here a fundamentally different society from the one in which we live; so different that it is hard for those brought up to believe in the egoistic individual to even contemplate. We are considering a society where people fish in the morning and criticise after lunch, where work is not seen as an unfortunate necessity in order to live, but, through its ability to unleash the creativity of the individual, the main reason for life. Work and leisure are no longer separate parts of the day. Productivity has risen to such a high level that there is a surplus of wealth, enough and more for every member of society. Individual differences between members of society are recognised so that those more able to produce wealth do so and those with the most need (e.g. where they have larger families or where disability prevents them from the same level of productive labour) are rewarded to the extent they require. Distribution is voluntary because of the abundance of wealth and the organisation of society. It is a vision where each will take the amount of product he needs, no more and no less. Hence it is a society where a state, regulating the differences between people and organising distribution, is no longer necessary.»
