[p2p-research] criticizing zeitgeist movement and venus project

[Michel Bauwens]

shoot, it's worse than I thought, Larouche is really nasty stuff ... I used
to follow this more closely years ago ...

On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:34 PM, j.martin.pedersen <
m.pedersen at lancaster.ac.uk> wrote:

>
> For info:
>
> There has been a discussion of Zeitgeist among students:
> http://emancipating-education-for-all.org/discussion_zeitgeist_movement
>
> here are also some comments:
>
> Briefly -
> >>
> >> Some of the key figures in the Zeitgeist movement include Lyndon
> LaRouche
> >> who was (allegedly - don't sue) involved in the racist murder of
> Sorbonne
> >> student Jeremiah Duggan in 2003.
> >>
> >> The case that the Zeitgeist movement is the creation of a secretyive
> group
> >> of rightwing anti-semites and thugs is made in this article:
> >> http://thethirdestate.net/2010/03/zeitgeist-exposed/
> >>
> >> More broadly, it is a very, very cranky theory. It is based on some
> >> self-appointed genius who claims to have discovered the secret of
> existence
> >> by applying scientific principles to the world. Its method is almost a
> >> word-for-word copy of that of Eugen Duehring, another 'scientific'
> expert on
> >> 'reality' from the 19th century left. Engels explains what is wrong with
> >> this cranky method here:
> >> http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1877/anti-duhring/index.htm
>
>
> On 10/08/10 13:17, Michel Bauwens wrote:
> > Hi Robin,
> >
> > any progress on your article?
> >
> > thanks for considering finalizing it for the period august 20 to 30,
> >
> > Michel
> > On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Robin <robokow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>  On 07/25/2010 05:08 PM, Josef Davies-Coates wrote:
> >>
> >> On 25 July 2010 15:33, Robin <robokow at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> In addition, you also argue in your blog-post that Fresco is beyond his
> >>> time.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I think you mean Mark's blog post, not mine.
> >>
> >>
> >> Apologies. I guess I got mixed up with what I read. The things is that
> this
> >> whole Venus also kind of gets me emotionally. I simply can't understand
> why
> >> people are falling for this.
> >>
> >> Thanks for the smiley :)
> >>
> >> Robin.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd encourage you to post comments related to his blog post on his blog
> >> post :) (if yo've not done so already).
> >>
> >> Josef.
> >>
> >>
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