I'm not interested in re-litigating Lenin and the soviet revolution but I'm apparently about to do just that
I think everyone should read Lenin. I think the problems of bourgeois capitalism and imperialism are pretty well documented
I think everyone should read Lenin. I think the problems of bourgeois capitalism and imperialism are pretty well documented
I also think you should then read Makhno, see what it was like to fight the bolsheviks when they conducted their own counter-revolution against workers "BeCAuSE we MuSt ProTecT thE RevOluTiOn"
actually you crushed the revolution and were identical to the tsars you replaced
actually you crushed the revolution and were identical to the tsars you replaced
oh the soviets did no imperialism? I hold a US passport today cause they invaded afghanistan, tell me more about that shit bro
oh the bolsheviks were carrying out the only true revolution against the global bourgeois? tell that to the sex workers executed by lenin's orders, tell that to the bureaucrats who went to the US to get training so that they could exact scientific social control methods on
workers, learning the cutting edge bourgeois managerial philosophy of Taylorism so they could turn workers into extensions of their managers' minds
what the fuck is with this lenin worship? y'all just want to be the managers lmao
what the fuck is with this lenin worship? y'all just want to be the managers lmao
before you get on your "OH arE yOu onE of the Anarchist CIA cops who loves america?" look at my header photo lol
mostly this shit is just extremely boring
marxist political economy was a huge failure cause it's not actually, at any point, a theory of actually existing socialism
have I read marx? have YOU read marx? how many papers did he publish on how to do socialism? google it
marxist political economy was a huge failure cause it's not actually, at any point, a theory of actually existing socialism
have I read marx? have YOU read marx? how many papers did he publish on how to do socialism? google it
a critique of the gotha program!!!! that's it motherfucker! that's all!
whereas in the 20th century, market socialists with actually existing ontologies tried these experiments in hungary, yugoslavia, and even in parts of Russia and discovered that
whereas in the 20th century, market socialists with actually existing ontologies tried these experiments in hungary, yugoslavia, and even in parts of Russia and discovered that
what was known as "marxist-leninist economics" is basically stage 0 of socialism, not even really socialism at all
btw I did an entire podcast with @mutual_ayyde on this recently,
btw I did an entire podcast with @mutual_ayyde on this recently,