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LBird wrote:jondwhite wrote:LBird wrote:As to the SPGB, not one single member or supporter has come out against 'materialism', so I think we can safely say that the whole party is infected with the hidden disease.
There is around three to four hundred members of the SPGB and only four or five have ever commented on materialism on this forum in topics you have also commented in. At most that is about one tenth in a hundred.
And this circumstance, of course, is mere coincidence!Let's see, let's use maths, so beloved of the physicalists!In favour of materialism: 1%.Opposed to materialism: 0%.Ignorant of philosophy: 99% ? (readers alone, or whole wider party?)Given what I've read, and what support I've conspicuously lacked, I'll bet that materialism is rife!It's just like the SWP! Except, then I was ignorant, and talked the same shite that's been talked here, which is why I can recognise it as such.But, just like the guy who was turned into a newt by the witch in MP, at least I got better.
as for just like the ignorant members of the SWP knowing nothing about philosophy, all SPGB members turning up to any SPGB meeting will be asked to vote on the same matters as any other SPGB members to take all SPGB decisions so hardly elitist.
LBird wrote:As to the SPGB, not one single member or supporter has come out against 'materialism', so I think we can safely say that the whole party is infected with the hidden disease.There is around three to four hundred members of the SPGB and only four or five have ever commented on materialism on this forum in topics you have also commented in. At most that is about one tenth in a hundred.
Haven't we still got an Education Committee? Wouldn't this be their responsibility? How about submitting any of the following by the end of this month?http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2014/no-1313-january-2014/marx-co-operatives-and-capitalism-0http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2010s/2011/no-1288-december-2011/saying-marx-right-getting-him-and-capitalism-wro http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2000s/2009/no-1254-february-2009/marx-and-engels-origin-specieshttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2000s/2009/no-1256-april-2009/capitalism%E2%80%99s-reserve-army-labourhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/2000s/2001/no-1169-december-2001/marx-and-lenins-views-contrastedhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1970s/1970/lenin-v-marx-statehttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1990s/1998/no-1121-january-1998/marxismhttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1990s/1995/no-1085-january-1995/marx-against-statehttp://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1990s/1993/no-1070-october-1993/rewriting-marxor a transcript of this audio?http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/audio/marxism-physics-and-philosophy
Given the activity online of companion parties (WSPZ couldn't even tell WSM they had the wrong website listed for WSPZ) and the activity of NERB members, averaging about a post a day on this forum alone, the obvious choice would be to have a NERB tweet from worldsocialism twitter account.
DJP wrote:ALB wrote:If Positive Money really think that a bank could operate without outside fundingThey don't seem to think this, but seem to be holding two contrary positions at once:http://positivemoney.org/2012/07/if-banks-can-create-money-how-come-northern-rock-went-bust/
Then I would like to borrow a million pounds from them created by bank credit (inside funding) not central bank reserves (outside funding). Presumably Northern Rock forgot about their ability to create "bank credit" without central bank reserves.
ALB wrote:If Positive Money really think that a bank could operate without outside funding why don't they practise what they preach and start their own bank (suggested name: The Bank of Thin Air). In fact, why has nobody ever done this, not even Ponzi?This is the big question. I would borrow a million pounds from the "Bank of Thin Air", so suddenly they are "worth" a millon pounds. I might not be able to pay them back but presumably that won't be a problem as far as they are concerned.
