I beg to differ with the usually astute Peter Dorman on this one. I also differ with Marx on it. Peter Dorman takes the liberal position that politics, which is concerned with power, is determinative. Marx posits that it is the economic and financial infrastructure that is determinative. Against such views, traditionalism holds that consciousness is determinative. While everyone agrees that change is complex and its quality, direction, and speed depends on many factors, some see...
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