Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

A Subconscious Marx-ism? (Obama slips up, paraphrases Marx in speech)
True/Slant ^

Posted on 09/09/2009 8:14:44 PM PDT by Sir Gawain

A Subconscious Marx-ism?

I do not believe Obama is a socialist, but to me, at the end of his healthcare speech, he just evoked one of the most famous of Karl Marx’s phrases. Quoth Obama:

We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

Sayeth Marx in Theses on Feurebach:

The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.

Again, not equating Obama with socialism — that would be foolish — but the linguistic formulation is similar, especially because when Obama verbalized those two sentences he said them as if there were a semi-colon between them, not a period.



TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

1 posted on 09/09/2009 8:14:44 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: All

Sub Conscious my arse, he means it...


2 posted on 09/09/2009 8:16:13 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

Yea, and he did not kiss a single sister on the way out.


3 posted on 09/09/2009 8:16:16 PM PDT by devane617 (Republicans first strategy should be taking over the MSM. Without it we are doomed.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

You are right.

He is not a socialist.

He is a Fascist.


4 posted on 09/09/2009 8:16:34 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

A stretch.


5 posted on 09/09/2009 8:17:06 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

Live by the Marx, die by the Marx...


6 posted on 09/09/2009 8:17:17 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain
I do not believe Obama is a socialist...

I stopped reading right here.

Was it a good article?

.

7 posted on 09/09/2009 8:17:24 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain
It was deliberate, to get people used to Marxism-lite. Subtle brainwashing....get the teeming masses used to the idea. Except eventually, all that turns into Marxism-heavy the more power they grab.

Then the Death Squads start to show up for those who disagree, and history repeats itself.

8 posted on 09/09/2009 8:18:09 PM PDT by pray4liberty
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

We have a LOT to fear about the future if he and his fellow COMMUNISTS are the ones who will be shaping it....and millions of Americans know that in their GUTS!


9 posted on 09/09/2009 8:18:49 PM PDT by Freedom'sWorthIt (Obama's Deathcare ---- many will suffer and/or die unnecessarily.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

He’s a friggen Marxist.


10 posted on 09/09/2009 8:19:00 PM PDT by lookout88 (.combat rescue officer's dad,)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: old curmudgeon

Tell us something we have not known since 2006, you are preaching to the choir.....


11 posted on 09/09/2009 8:19:05 PM PDT by sniper63 (Silent and stealthy - one shot - one kill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

We see that! Debt for as far as the eye can see!

12 posted on 09/09/2009 8:19:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare! When "natural causes" just isn't good enough!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain
Quoth Obama: We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it. Sayeth Marx in Theses on Feurebach: The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.

"We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives..."

13 posted on 09/09/2009 8:19:29 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (...We never faced anything like this...we only fought humans.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

Marx alot


14 posted on 09/09/2009 8:20:47 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

He quoted Marx again when he said “I once shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I’ll never know.”


15 posted on 09/09/2009 8:22:59 PM PDT by Question Liberal Authority (Why buy health insurance at all if you can't be turned down for any pre-existing conditions?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sniper63

There is a difference between a socialist and a Fascist.

Look it up.


16 posted on 09/09/2009 8:29:19 PM PDT by old curmudgeon
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain

Forget about speech patterns. Look at Obama’s actions—they’re much closer to Marxism than his words.


17 posted on 09/09/2009 8:30:11 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Liberals have neither the creativity nor the confidence to understand the truth of conservatism)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain
Your post makes no sense. First, why don't you think Obama is a socialist? Second-I don't find Obama's line all that similar to the Marx quote you referenced.

If you cannot tell that Obama is a socialist (he just gave a speech extolling the virtues of government-run healthcare, for pete's sake!) I wonder if you truly understand socialism or Marx for that matter.

Stop being so Bill O'Reilly. There is no need to apologize and pull punches when dealing with a socialist/demagogue like Obama.

18 posted on 09/09/2009 8:30:46 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Sir Gawain; shibumi
A slip up?

The contents of the heart determine the direction of the tongue, and Marxism is a malignancy attached to 0bama's soul. This was no slip up.

19 posted on 09/09/2009 8:32:10 PM PDT by Semper Mark ("The future ain't what it used to be." - Yogi Berra)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: pray4liberty

“It was deliberate, to get people used to Marxism-lite.”

And that’s the exact reason it was critical for parents to loudly resist The One’s planned indoctrination of school kids - it was going to be part of a process. Thankfully it was blunted.


20 posted on 09/09/2009 8:32:18 PM PDT by Rembrandt
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-28 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson