That's a good attitude but you should still give some of Deng and Xi's writings a shot. I think their theories are consistent with Marxism.
I've been going down the "well actually Bukharin was pretty damn based" route lately and I really like his take on Historical Materialism and his ideas about equilibrium. Deng and Xi come from that general route right? You have recs for their writings?
I've been slowly reading through Deng's selected works, ignoring some that seem too niche.
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Integrate Marxism-Leninism With the Concrete Conditions of China
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Hold High the Banner of Mao Zedong Thought and Adhere to the Principle of Seeking Truth From Facts
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To Build Socialism We Must First Develop the Productive Forces
As for Xi, the Governance of China is the way to go. The third volume was just published.
Not sure about Bukharin's relationship to SwCC. I don't remember seeing him cited, at least.
Dope thanks.
Bukharin could probably be somewhat summed up with just the sentence "To Build Socialism We Must First Develop the Productive Forces"
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im asking this in good faith (and i agree with your post), what do you make of china's "support" of israel and of philippines against mlms there? i know damn well china's "support" of israel is not comparable to america's though.
Specifically, I think Revolution of Everyday Life by Vaneigm is the text most beneficial to Leninist. It engages with the question of revolutionary strategy in a way that is based on a real revolutionary moment, but comes from a different philosophical starting place.
We'll that and thinking that blindly saying that china and the ussr are good while also being unscientific in your analysis doesn't make you a lenninst. it makes you the walking stereo type of a 'ML' people refer to when they call lenninists tankies. This is a great discredit to the entire ideological framework of dialectic materialism and historic materialism.
Yes they are good. But why stress that they aren't perfect? This is an unscientific benchmark to bring into the conversation, and part of the greater issues at play.
A solid answer. But why even raise the concept of perfection to begin with - instead of emphasizing the good they've done navigating contradiction and maintaining their exsitance as a socialist state. To initially phrase that as being 'imperfect' seems to me to bring the readers attention to comparing socialist states against the utopian ideal, instead of promoting it's material strengths.
I try to not be too serious when I post stuff offhand,
Must be fun not to have to take things seriously.
Just be a tankie it's really fun and it breaks lib brains when you say based, correct shit like "The Soviet Union and Joseph Stalin saved the world from fascism" and "China and its communist party lifted more people out of poverty than America ever did."
I mean you can be an anarchist and say the exact same stuff as well because it's true.
The vast majority of leftists in the world are "tankies" in the global south. Just because it's unfashionable here in the west doesn't mean Marxism-Leninism is wrong or weird. Western leftists are the weird ones.
i think bernie losing flipped a switch with me, then i started reading more stuff on the soviet union and china and its just making me more of one...
dont think im the only one here with that experience lol
Can confirm: it's not an increase in sectarianism that's causing all these arguments, it's more of us actually learning.
I don't really understand how you could guarantee everyone the healthcare they need with a decentralized economy, honestly.
Imagine how easy providing masks, sanitizer and groceries would have been with a centralized economy. Not to mention that it could eliminate food insecurity and lack of access to clean water; capitalism just doesn't do it because there is no profit.
there's no bad time to recommend Michael Parenti, but at this critical juncture in your transformation you should definitely check out some Michael Parenti
The most liberating thing in my life was when I stopped pretending I wasn't furious and embraced the label of commie
Lenin had such powerful debate lord energy. Truly an inspiration to us posters.
