An interesting question: should promotion of Marxism be banned for promoting violence (all taxation and regulation are based on violence - or the fear thereof anyways), or should it be allowed without restraint?
As academia in Europe, the West, and Latin America (and undoubtedly elsewhere too) is largely leftist/neo-marxist in orientation, and as the media follows in this vein as well, I think trying to ban or limit the promotion of marxist ideas is likely to fail, and perhaps be used to further slander people not on the (big government) left, as we can see happening today in North American media.
As marxism and its offshoots are such disproven ideas across the board, I think it is best to understand the flaws of marxism and the (largely untold and/or misunderstood) benefits of free markets and a respect for human rights - property rights included.
Both reason and the facts are on our side here, while the numbers may be against us it is still good to understand these things, both in terms of potentially influencing others, but also in terms of our own ethics and well-being. (Hating capitalism and those who have gotten wealthy by entrepreneurship is not a good way to live, nor is fearing freedom in general).
Hey guys, I was discussing something related to the implementation of marxist ideas at schools around all over the world nowadays with Tao and c4wins... What do you think about that? I believe it's such an interesting topic to confabulate among us libertarians.
For exemple, a few countries in Europe (more precisely Eastern Europe) is prohibiting the usage of communist symbols over there because it equates to nazism in some matters. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4248425.stm
http://rt.com/politics/poland-bans-communist-symbols/
http://www.politics.hu/20080709/european-court-overturns-hungarian-prohibition-on-communist-star/
http://www.loc.gov/lawweb/servlet/lloc_news?disp3_l205403412_text
So, opinions?