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Old 04-05-2010, 07:39 PM   #1
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Marxism Q&A

The philosophy club asked me to make a presentation on Marxism in two weeks and I have to prepare for that.
I already have an idea of what I will present and in what order, but the presentation will focus more on Q&A rather than me talking, so I wanted to have an idea of what questions might arise so that I can prepare and practice and make sure I can give them a satisfactory answer.
Imagine you were in the audience, and what kind of questions would you want to have an answer to?

Now, the questions I'm asking you for are limited in two aspects for two reasons:

1) Although the lecture is open for everyone, we're presupposing that they have already heard me briefly mention the bases of Marxism (scientific socialism, dialectical materialism, class conflict...) so I'm not looking for questions like "What is Marxism?"

and 2) As, again, we're presupposing that they now know the basics of Marxism, whether the questions are criticisms of Marxism or further inquiry on Marxism, they are questions on Marxism. Therefore, for instance, it would be legitimate to ask "Was Stalin a Marxist?" but it wouldn't be legitimate to ask "If Marxism is so great why did the Soviet Union fail?" May god have mercy on you if you ask me "How can you like Obama?"

Thanks in advance.
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