Beliathon, if you are going to quote Marx, you should really give attribution.
If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. It matters not one iota to me who wrote what, or had which idea first. All that matters is whether an idea is true and useful, or false. In my opinion the compendium of human knowledge is not a competition, but an ongoing collective effort from which we all benefit. A culture which treats knowledge with the dignity it deserves does not lock the world's wealth of academic papers behind paywalls (see my signature). Although sometimes their stories are interesting, I don't really care much about Carl Sagan the person or Isaac Newton the person. I care a great deal about their ideas, about the truth they have left for us. This focus on remembering individuals is a carry-over from the pre-reason eras, I suspect. Forget my name, cast it away as the dust of history. Remember only what is true. If I have helped you discern truth from falsehood, that's good enough for me. One more thing, because it's a pet peeve and I see it on often on these boards: Anarchism / anti-capitalism are both older and broader than Karl Marx. I would date the spirit of anarchism at least back to the early 1700s with folks like François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire). Furthermore, there are thinkers alive now that are just as insightful as Marx, Engels, or Lenin. Just off the top of my head Ken Robinson, Michelle Alexander, John Hunter, Richard Wolff, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Michael Albert, and Slavoj Žižek.
Communal "social" Anarchism is a much better goal than the other worn out collectivist options. You can live in a utopian commune and others will be free to follow their own path, even if that includes competing to make material gains.
The current "base-building" is taking a long time, so if we get back under $200 many people will get scared. I think under $100 is possible, but a fresh Huge Rally is much more likely.
