A reader reacts on Ana Stankovic’s comments on Marxism:
I think Ana doth protesteth too much. It’s hard to tell exactly what she’s trying to say, other than to slam Marx, apparently for criticizing the Slavs (of which she is one, so it’s personal). Her writing is clever and colorful, but her organization and continuity suck the sense out of her essay.
I’m not sure if it was the criticism, or the occupation by Soviet forces (if in spirit only), which motivates her criticisms. But I do agree that it wasn’t entirely easy to follow her argument, although I tend to agree with her initial statements. Apologists for Marx do not appear to understand that designing new government systems requires thinking about the ruthless, ethics-free power-seekers, and how to keep them out – or at least under control. The purges and assassinations that tended to mark the march up the ladder of numerous Soviet personalities are symptoms of a maladroit system.
The saddest thing is that it might still have been better than the preceding monarchy.
