Refuting Marxism.

Vic Biorseth, Friday, March 27, 2009
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Here we present our argument refuting Marxism, Socialism and Communism, as defined by Marx and Engles, as pseudo-science, or Scientism, devoid of all scientific evidences or proofs.

1: The Scientific Method.

Any new hypothesis elevated to the level of scientific theory must first be supported by an overwhelming preponderance of multiple independently sourced scientific evidences supporting it and none refuting it. These evidences may be in the form of solid empirical evidences, in easily duplicable (and already duplicated) experiments, or both, with supporting consensus among all recognized experts in the field, and all results published. This process normally takes a great deal of time.

After the original proponent first satisfies himself through meticulous and objective gathering of evidences and successful experiments, his theory is then made public. New hypotheses are always expected to be openly published for peer review with elaborate explanations of duplicable observation and experiment, so that others may go through the same or similar processes themselves in a completely independent manner.

A period of objective independent criticism follows, during which the independent critics proactively seek to confirm or refute the hypothesis in the laboratory and the field. Upon complete or overwhelming independent confirmation the hypothesis may be elevated to the exalted level of a scientific theory. Upon the lack of independent confirmation, the hypothesis will be refuted.

2: Our Argument.

We submit that Marxist hypotheses regarding such topics as dialectic materialism, historical materialism, evolution of society, class struggle and its relationship to war, the inevitability of Communism, the nature of Communism and even the nature of Socialism and more – virtually all of the theoretical socio-economic output of Marx and Engles have never been properly subjected to the Scientific Method described above.

What these hypotheses describe:

• Materialism; the belief in the existence of nothing but matter hinted at by Darwinism.
• Historical materialism; the belief that human history, like the evolution of the physical universe and the evolution of life forms, is the record of the evolution of human society prompted primarily by class struggle.
• The hypothesis that all past wars were motivated at their root by class struggle.
• The hypothesis that all of human society contains the inequalities of class that make further violent revolution inevitable until social perfection is achieved and social history will stop.
• The hypothesis that the ultimate end of this social evolution and of history will be a perfect and absolutely unhindered Democratic society without government, called Communism, which will manifest itself as a perfect worker’s paradise.
• The hypothesis that an unpleasant yet necessary intermediary phase of social evolution is what all Marxist revolutionaries should be striving for is the state of Socialism, or the dictatorship of the proletariat, which will forcefully confiscate all means of production and refine society, means and commodities in preparation for the ideal future condition of Communism.

Materialism. If anyone anywhere in all of recorded history has ever observed or produced any empirical material evidence that matter is all there is and all there ever was, then lay that evidence out on the public table before us so that we all may observe it in the same light. The exact same empirical evidence must be available to every one us, so that we may each independently make our own observations and experiments and do our own critiques by objectively putting this theory to the test.

If no such empirical evidence has ever been observed or produced by more than one observer in all of recorded history, and cannot even be made to be observable by anyone else, then the whole notion of materialism must be abandoned as a scientific theory in the interest of preserving the integrity of science itself.

Historical materialism. If anyone anywhere in all of recorded history has ever observed a continuous string of historical events that prove all wars were caused by class struggle – labor versus employer – and resulted in social evolutionary steps toward Communism, then lay that historical evidence out on the public table before us so that we all may observe it in the same light. The exact same sources of the history, and other sources, must be available to every one us; then we may each independently make our own observations and experiments and do our own critiques by objectively putting this theory to the test.

If no such certain history has ever been deciphered out of all of social history by more than one objective observer in all of recorded history, and cannot even be made to be observable by anyone else, then the whole notion of historical materialism must be abandoned as a scientific theory in the interest of preserving the integrity of science itself.

We have now had Marxist theory with us for some 140 years or more; ample time for direct scientific observation.

Communism. If anyone anywhere in all of recorded history has ever observed a social state of Communism exactly as Marx described it, then lay the evidence of it out on the public table before us so that we all may observe it in the same light. The exact same evidence must be available to every one of us; then we may each independently make our own observations and experiments and do our own critiques by objectively putting this theory to the test.

If no such evidence has ever been recorded out of all of social history by more than one objective observer, in all of recorded history, and cannot even be shown or made observable by anyone else, then the whole notion of Communism must be abandoned as a scientific theory in the interest of preserving the integrity of science itself.

Socialism. If anyone anywhere in all of recorded history has ever observed a social state of Socialism exactly as Marx described it, then lay the evidence of it out on the public table before us so that we all may observe it in the same light. The exact same evidence must be available to every one of us; then we may each independently make our own observations and experiments and do our own critiques by objectively putting this theory to the test.

If no such evidence has ever been recorded out of all of social history by more than one objective observer, in all of recorded history, and cannot even be shown or made observable by anyone else, then the whole notion of Socialism must be abandoned as a scientific theory in the interest of preserving the integrity of science itself.

I submit that every single historical case of any nation calling itself Communist or Socialist throughout history was and/or is in fact a dictatorship, some of which were dressed up in deceptive clothing and hidden behind purposeful disinformation.

Marxism is, in truth, Idealized Jealousy.

Marxism is not a reaction against the failure of the Capitalism to fairly organize economic output. It is, rather, a reaction against the comparative success among people produced by simple free market commerce. It is a protest against the seeming unfairness of someone being poorer than someone else, or of someone being richer than someone else. The youthful or naïve idealist toys with the promises of Communism because these promises offer some semblance of perfection in the worldly order. That is to say, the dream of Communism offers equality of success.

Ethos – a common morality held by a culture – is what drives or directs the behavior of a people and forms their foundational basis for their civil law. Western Culture’s common morality stems from Natural Law which comes from Divine Revelation, and it includes those human rights held by Western society to be inalienable, because they originate not with man, but with God.

But Marxism is purely materialistic. There are no inalienable rights. If man has any rights at all they are granted by The Party under Socialism, or by unanimous consensus under Communism. Marxism directly attacks Western religion and its morality. Once the original cultural common sense of right and wrong has been either eliminated in a culture, or called into question in someone’s mind, the ethic of achieving economic equality, even through force, begins to idealistically drive the behavior of all who adopt this new Marxist way of thinking.

Economic equality becomes a super-worthy end. It becomes easier to say that the ends justify the means. What previously would have been immoral becomes ethical. Economic immorality – stealing private property – becomes justified, because you cannot make an omelet without breaking some eggs. Ultimately, when all vestiges of the previous morality are gone, the ideologue, in the interest of furthering the Marxist ethic of economic equality, may even be moved by his utopian idealism to say to someone shut up and get on the cattle car. Or worse. History has proved it, again and again.

Marxism is a Fad of the Elite, pure and simple. Nothing more and nothing less. Since birth, it simply became extremely popular among the intelligentsia, the upper class and the pseudo-sophisticated. There is nothing scientific about it, since no real science has ever been applied to it. It has morphed into a belief system, a quasi-religion, based on faith alone. It is now taught almost as dogma in schools all over the world. The damage it has done to truth is incalculable. Taken axiomatically by everyone, it forms the foundation for many other theories, all of which may now be seen to stand on quicksand.

Scientism. I have spoken elsewhere on this site about Scientism and its past and current champions. Some example pages are The Enlightenment and Scientism, Scientism and Silly Assed Consensus, Richard Dawkins, and his adoring retinue of idiotic bobble-headed-dolls, just to name a few.

We have reached a point where real scientists in various related and unrelated disciplines base new hypothesis at least partially on the educationally inculcated belief that Marxism is true. A scientific theory, we have all learned, is taken to be axiomatic; a given. We don’t bother to put them to the test. Science that has gone before enables us to stand on the shoulders of those who have already proved the established scientific theories. If the modern scientist has to test everything that has gone before, no real scientific progress can be made. That is why science relies heavily on established scientific theory, which is assumed to be supported by an overwhelming preponderance of evidence.

But Marx’s universally embraced theory is nothing more than an unsubstantiated, purely subjective set of personal hypotheses, and nothing more. Popularity and consensus has nothing to do with it. A scientific theory may either be scientifically substantiated, or it may not. This theory cannot stand the test of science.

Yet today we see that an overwhelming majority among TTRSTF dogmatically embracing Marxism and refusing to even consider the slightest possibility of its falsification. And that’s where it stands.

Never have any separate and independent scientists ever observed and analyzed the same Marxist phenomena and arrived at the same conclusions regarding them. There is no independent substantive evidence of the existence of a Communism or a Socialism as Marx defined them. Just a whole lot of pure conjecture and consensus.

And yet, this purely faith-based belief system, or religion, of Marxism feels solidly secure in its scientistic consensus, and in public acceptance of its tenets. All Marxists will immediately band together against anyone who questions the religion of Marxism, in unanimous support of militant and aggressive counter attacks. Question the core, central dogmas of Marxism and the unanimous response from all Marxists will be SNRTACBT that Karl Marx’s theory is in any way in question. Or, STNSEACPB that Marxism isn’t a scientific fact.

Consensus trumps objective reality.

Beam me up, Scotty; there is no science down here.

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