where do you stand on the socialist spectrum? i’ll start: my socialist views are a fusion of market socialism, welfarism, georgism and left-libertarianism - i took the leftvalues quiz (as shown in the photo attached in this post), and i got “centrist marxism”. you DON’T have to take the quiz though.
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I’d argue history proves the necessity of socialist countries to adopt a state and a centrally planned economy to protect against outside terrorism. The USSR was invaded by over a dozen capitalist countries right as it was being formed, that shaped their defenses and structures going forward. If you or anyone else wants to get started on reading Marxist-Leninist theory, I made an introductory reading list.
Without coming to blows arguing historical fact I just can’t swing ML. I’ve read Marx (or better yet, continuing to read Marx) and the man spits straight fire, so does Lenin, hell even stalin at times. But! I’m too disgusted by the atrocities wrought in their names, intended or not it’s just too many dead for me. I’m much more interested in how ML can evolve and change into something that’s much more adaptable to outside pressure without falling victim to the corruption of centralised power. Keen to know your thoughts.
What specifically are you referring to as “the atrocities wrought in their names?” Who are these “too many dead?” Capitalists love framing Nazis killed by the Red Army and the like as “victims of communism,” or deaths from famines that were primarily driven by forces outside communist control like adverse weather conditions. I’m not saying no excess has ever happened under communists, but I am saying that westerners distort it to a cartoonish degree in order to maintain cultural hegemony.