
The Dig: The Manifesto w/ China Miéville
Jacobin Radio
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The Ethics of a Horizon
In their eagerness to differentiate themselves from if you like moralistic socialism, Marxingles somewhat bent the stick too far and said there's no such thing as morals. But I think they do have an ethics and I think you're absolutely right. It is not an ethics of equality. That's not what concerns them. It's an ethics of full human freedom. And it would be predicated on a very kind of asceticism which is beyond social psychology. So in terms of what that means for a vision of communism, I'm going to follow Marx and Engels and refuse to speculate. This is a legitimate debate. For me, I have no problem with like speculating... but
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