Every successful revolutionary has been a revisionist. Not only did Lenin switch to the New Economic Plan when their original ideas failed spectacularly, but the revolution was supposed to take place in Germany, not Russia and certainly not China.
That is true, but Lenin pointed out that the NEP was "one step backwards, so we can take two steps forwards" (he also thought it would last longer than it did.)
Dengism may or may not have been necessary for the survival of China (I suspect it was after the Sino-Soviet split), but we should never lose sight of the fact it was a withdrawal to allow development of production. Markets, let alone non-worker owned businesses, are incompatible with higher stages of socialist development and I am eager to see how China is planning to phase them out as it moves towards communist development.
That depends on whether you treat Lenin's writings from the POV of early 20th century Russia and Marx's writings from mid 19th century Germany/Britain as holy scripture or simply as foundational works to building a scientific approach to creating the conditions necessary for a proletarian revolution, comrade.
Every successful revolutionary has been a revisionist. Not only did Lenin switch to the New Economic Plan when their original ideas failed spectacularly, but the revolution was supposed to take place in Germany, not Russia and certainly not China.
That is true, but Lenin pointed out that the NEP was "one step backwards, so we can take two steps forwards" (he also thought it would last longer than it did.)
Dengism may or may not have been necessary for the survival of China (I suspect it was after the Sino-Soviet split), but we should never lose sight of the fact it was a withdrawal to allow development of production. Markets, let alone non-worker owned businesses, are incompatible with higher stages of socialist development and I am eager to see how China is planning to phase them out as it moves towards communist development.
Fair nuff, I think I read a touch of orthodoxy into your comment that wasn't actually there.
Now here's an interesting question: What does that say about Marxism-Leninism?
That depends on whether you treat Lenin's writings from the POV of early 20th century Russia and Marx's writings from mid 19th century Germany/Britain as holy scripture or simply as foundational works to building a scientific approach to creating the conditions necessary for a proletarian revolution, comrade.
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