[Buddha-l] Re: Buddhist family life

[Benito Carral]

On Wednesday, December 13, 2006, Curt wrote:

> Marxism and postmodernism are mortal enemies. Marxism
> lives  and  dies  by  the metanarrative of the "class
> struggle".  What  Benito  really  seems  to  be  most
> concerned  with is neither Marxism nor Postmodernism,
> but  just  good  old  fashioned Libertinism. Now, the
> grand  daddy  of  all  Postmodernists  was the openly
> Libertine Michel Foucault.

   I'm  really  concerned with the old good traditional
values. Of course, Libertinism is a powerful enemy, but
most   of   today   hedonism  is  based  on  postmodern
principles --postmodernism is a smart justification for
the old human lust.

   You  are right about the inherent antagonism between
old marxism and postmodernism, however the new cultural
marxism  uses postmodern principles in order to destroy
the  traditional  religious  societies.  Then, cultural
marxists  think,  the  Happy  New World would spring by
itself.

   You  can  easily  see  how  all  these things relate
reading, for example, a gender feminist book. There you
can  read about Gramsci (1891-1937), Freud (1856-1939),
Foucault (1926-1984).

> Marxists  can  obviously no longer be blamed for much
> of  anything anymore. Capitalism rules supreme in the
> world   today  and  Capitalism  is  the  most  amoral
> ideology ever invented.

   Cultural  marxism  and socialisms are all arounds us
and use capitalism to achieve their goal. Capitalism is
amoral,   not  immoral,  so  the  problem  is  hedonist
capitalism.  It's  interesting  to read: _Reum Novarum:
Encyclical of Pope Leo XII on Capital and Labor:_

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/leo_xiii/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum_en.html

   Best wishes,
   
-- 
   Benito Carral
     Asturias, Sepharad (Spain)