“Stalinism” isn’t really a thing. Marxism-Leninism was synthesized by Stalin, but Stalin did not really present anything radically different from Marxism, nor Lenin’s advancements understood as Leninism.
Marx was not simply an anarchist. Abolition of the state, in Marxist analysis, is through the gradual collectivization of production and distribution and the eradication of class. Therefore, for a state to wither away, it must be made up of a class that seeks this as a common interest. In other words, it must be a proletarian state. As Marx referred to it, this is the dictatorship of the proletariat, where the working classes have the full control of authority.
Marxism-Leninism did not change this analysis. Instead, the development of Leninist party building strategies and theory of revolution worked out the details of actually achieving what Marx described as the historical task of the proletariat. There is no permanence to the state, such a position both goes directly against Marxism-Leninism in general and dialectical materialism in particular.
Dang. What that was in reply to, got removed. I don’t remember what it was (and failed to find what it was in the modlog systems ~ remind me, how do I get to see what was removed?).
Now I’m wondering if I misinterpreted something serious as satirical or vice versa. And even wondering if my reply there could likewise get misinterpreted. IIRC, either way, that image, what it depicts, still stands… remarking on the deranged insanity of being wistful for war.
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I don’t think it should be surprising that Marxists are on a site developed by Marxists.
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“Stalinism” isn’t really a thing. Marxism-Leninism was synthesized by Stalin, but Stalin did not really present anything radically different from Marxism, nor Lenin’s advancements understood as Leninism.
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Marx was not simply an anarchist. Abolition of the state, in Marxist analysis, is through the gradual collectivization of production and distribution and the eradication of class. Therefore, for a state to wither away, it must be made up of a class that seeks this as a common interest. In other words, it must be a proletarian state. As Marx referred to it, this is the dictatorship of the proletariat, where the working classes have the full control of authority.
Marxism-Leninism did not change this analysis. Instead, the development of Leninist party building strategies and theory of revolution worked out the details of actually achieving what Marx described as the historical task of the proletariat. There is no permanence to the state, such a position both goes directly against Marxism-Leninism in general and dialectical materialism in particular.
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Again, Stalinism isn’t a thing. What is your actual argument? The USSR was run according to Marxist-Leninist principles.
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The US government told u/Talcosis to reject the evidence from his eyes and ears. It was their final most essential command.
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I love seeing libs seething in the morning.
i don’t see statist propaganda, one being worse doesn’t preclude both being bad if that’s your framework
Dang. What that was in reply to, got removed. I don’t remember what it was (and failed to find what it was in the modlog systems ~ remind me, how do I get to see what was removed?).
Now I’m wondering if I misinterpreted something serious as satirical or vice versa. And even wondering if my reply there could likewise get misinterpreted. IIRC, either way, that image, what it depicts, still stands… remarking on the deranged insanity of being wistful for war.
… One of these days this war’s going to be over.