Occupy: Associative versus collective liberation

So, what do Frankenstein, Karl Marx and the Occupy movement have in common?

Here is a fascinating quotation from anarcho-capitalist Ralph Raico:

It seems, therefore, that there are two theories of the state (as well as, correspondingly, two theories of exploitation) within Marxism. There is the customarily discussed and very familiar one, of the state as the instrument of the ruling class (and the concomitant theory which locates exploitation within the production process). And there is the theory of the state which pits it against “society” and “nation” (two surprising and significant terms to find in this context in writers who were supremely conscious of the class divisions within society and the nation). Moreover, it would seem suggestive that it is the second theory that predominates in those writings of Marx which, because of their nuanced and sophisticated treatment of concrete and immediate political reality, many commentators have found to be the best expositions of the Marxist historical analysis.

Raico’s argument is taken up by anarcho-capitalist Brad Warbiany: who chastises

It is thus interesting that those today who would call themselves “Marxists” support the very oppressive governments that Marx himself derided, while attacking the classical liberal underpinnings of Adam Smith and the classical liberals, who were likely very influential to Marx’s own thought.

It is so funny, when lame-assed Marxists get called out on their dumb shit by the very people who they purport to oppose, capitalists. The anarcho-capitalist has a better grasp of Marx’s writings than the Marxist who can do no more than distort and caricature Marx.