Bah, trout, I posted a long reply to this and damn Explorer crashed. So now you get a very brief version.

When the masses rebel a tyrannical ruler always emerges as the victor.
Constructivism. There, this was a long paragraph. But I'll leave it there: Constrctivism, ergo fallacy.

The argument that we have not witnessed a 'true' demonstration of communism is common amoung the Marxist faithfuls.
Because we have not witnessed it. Trust me, if there was a real communist state, I'd be living there.

However, Among philosophers, Friedrich Nietzsche is most often associated with nihilism.
In fact, it's vitalism he is associated with, he inherited a lot from Arthur Schopenhauer. Then again, tyes, I do admit there are a lot of nihilistic values in his philosophy, that I can't deny, specially in terms of morals, he is a moral nihilist. Also, his thinking changes through time, you can see a lot of differences between his books, and in some periods he was more nihilist, yet never a nihilist.

Most alcoholic hobos ramble on about the vicious state and its wicked social externalities. The difference is that we usually ignore their rubbish; however, Marx was the exception to the rule.


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You seem to underestimate the role metaphysics plays in the origins of philosophy. Epistemology for its own sake is quite worthless, and results in the academic banter witnessed in the last days of Rome. Thankfully for Rome a new tradition (Christianity) established itself, rejuvenating intellectual thought such as St. Augustine - (De Civitate Dei), and St. Thomas Aquinas - (Summa Theologica).
Without mysticism, the human kind would still be the animal untamed in the cave.
Um...how are you using mysticism here? For me mnetaphysics is beyond physical phenomenons, and such ideas are reached through suposition following some logical aspects, like Aristotle, Descartes or Kant did. I relate mysticism to something much more spiritual but far less logical, even if...shall I say...more poetic? Y can talk about mystical poets, like San Juan de la Cruz or Santa Teresa de Jesús.

Clearly, this existence is one of suffering and despair, so one must devote his full efforts to work away from physical appetites as opposed to feeding them. Communism provides a simple way to break down our traditions, to create a short lived party on May day, only to result in oblivion of the human spirit.
1. The idea of existance of suffering and despair is very medieval, precisely the attitude Marx critizized, because people with such attitude were easily dominated as they did not believe their lifes could get better and longed for paradise. As for me, I do not share your opinion either, simply for the reason I am agnostic, thus I don't know if God exists, and if he exists, I doubt he has humanly comprehensible moral values like those stated in the Bible. In fact, if God is perfect, he should not be worried about if we decide to go to bed with people we are not married with. He is the creator of the cosmos.

2. Communism is not "physical appetites", that is for capitalism, that proposes an unsustainable system of opulency. In fact, communism requires some lack of economical (Not intellectual) ambition from people. If you want a large mansion, four whores with silicon boobs, lots of pizza and a luxurious car, just trust capitalism can provide it if you work hard enough to step on the heads of your rivals and sink them. Or if you get the inhertiance from Daddy.

Just as an aside - Which institution are you taking philosophy at? Spain has an outstanding heritage in the disciplines of Literature and humanities. I am envious of the architecture in Salamanca, domain of Spain's oldest university.
Salamanca is amazing, yes, but sadly that building is no longer used for classes, if it was, I'd probably go there just cause I love it. Now they work in new buildings an the old university is open for visits. This does not happen in the university of Barcelona where I work, where the old building is still in use. However, it's not half as good as Salamanca's, and philosophy is teached in a not so beautiful building that looks like some weird alien base from the outside.

There, thats a short version of my last post. I hate Explorer.