At 01:17 PM 8/18/02 +0200, Andre Engels wrote:
I would not be in favor of having loads of articles on someone's view on something. We need a general article on Marxism, and 2 or 3 articles like "Marxist views on Economics" or "Marxist views on History" might even be ok, but in general such a view should be (with the clear indications what it is) on the main page in those areas where the Marxist view is important, and not on Wikipedia at all where it is not.
A large number of articles either on Marxism and associated movements, or historical articles on incidents where Communist parties have acted either in or out of power are appropriate, when someone has the energy to do them. Those articles necessarily will include Marxist theory as the actions are incomprehensible in its absence.
Communism was certainly a great experiment, the results of which generated a great deal of knowledge, there is no point at all in throwing the knowledge away.
Marx, for example, was quite sure that socialization of the means of production would create a cornucopia of wealth. Why and how that assumption is wrong is a very interesting question.
Why for example, does China not simply start their own Walmarts instead of importing them from Arkansas?
Fred