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TM99

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13. I think these two quotes sum up what we are both getting at.

Sat Sep 7, 2013, 05:03 PM

Sep 2013

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp -- or what's a heaven for?" Robert Browning

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes." C.G. Jung

I do not believe humanity is capable of not striving in some form or fashion towards idealistic dreams, but in order to ever have a chance of realizing some of those visions in the hear & now, we must look within. That means understanding ourselves, resolving our childhood issues, and waking up by growing up psychologically.

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How many DUers have read Lenin's [View all] malaise Sep 2013 OP

I read Marx, Engels, Lenin, Trotsky, et al. TM99 Sep 2013 #1

Very perceptive comments northoftheborder Sep 2013 #2

I realized before I was out of my teens that Communism and Objectivism suffered the same fatal flaw Warpy Sep 2013 #6

True. I think one of the very many things we tend to overlook is that, while perfection is Egalitarian Thug Sep 2013 #12

I think these two quotes sum up what we are both getting at. TM99 Sep 2013 #13

I have never read Marx or Lenin, forbidden books in my Catholic school, Cleita Sep 2013 #3

Somehow, eliminating capitalism didn't eliminate imperialism... brooklynite Sep 2013 #4

I have. Starry Messenger Sep 2013 #5

Read it in college. We are there. Now the question is, Zorra Sep 2013 #7

Exactly abelenkpe Sep 2013 #9

I have......... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #8

And one of the first things the Bolsheviks did was restore empire. Igel Sep 2013 #10

No the FIRST thing the Bolsheviks had to do...... socialist_n_TN Sep 2013 #14

No, we have very little in common with the industrial age Recursion Sep 2013 #11