But seriously, why didn't communism triumph in the 20th century when things were looking so good? If the russian revolution and chinese revolution can succeed, liberating 800 million people, 1/3rd of the world's population, defeat the nazis, why couldnt we finish the final stretch? What was the fatal flaw?

  • badtakes [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    One thing I’ve learned about Marxists is they too readily dismiss planning future governments as Utopian. Focusing on the here and now should be a priority but you really do need those Utopian nerds when the time comes to plan your society and ensure the ideological goal is carried through. Say what you want about George Mason and the US Constitution but it’s been doing its job for almost a quarter millennia. IDK if the Soviet government had such consistent ideological planning. AFAIK they made it up as they went.

    have you like read a single page of marx lmao

    • captcha [any]
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      3 years ago

      In which book does he actually go over how a socialist/communist government should work at any detail? It's not in Kapital and the manifesto has less than a page on it. I know he wrote other works but I'm not sure which has that.