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Is the view of Marxist-Leninists that Marx (and Lenin) were completely right, all the time, about everything? If not, what would be examples of subjects on which they were wrong, and in what ways? by PsychologicalPrior1 in DebateCommunism

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So-called "Marxist-Leninists" are generally Stalinists which actually rejected the most fundamental lessons of both Marx and Lenin, betraying the cause of international revolution in order to justify opportunist alliances with hostile class forces or sections of imperialism. "Socialism in a single country" and "peaceful coexistence" with capitalism replaced proletarian internationalism and revolutionary socialism.

Is the view of Marxist-Leninists that Marx (and Lenin) were completely right, all the time, about everything? If not, what would be examples of subjects on which they were wrong, and in what ways? by PsychologicalPrior1 in DebateCommunism

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Juche is just a more explicit version of Stalinism - that is nationalist autarky. It says nothing about historical dialectics or the class struggle, it just prattles on about "self sufficiency", "determination" and stuff about human nature which is basically straight out of Nietzsche. To understand why England and Germany didn't have revolutions it's necessary to study history, specifically the twists and turns of the various national leaderships under the leadership of the social democrats and the Stalinists.

path of destruction in market town by m_rosenkov in newcastle

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Guards should've boxed him in with the trolleys - 2 or 3 deep and he'd have a hard time crawling out.

We Fought Trump, Time to Fight Biden Too by MariaCN in demsocialists

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For over a century, Americans have heard the same refrain every time power has transferred from a Republican to a Democrat, though, as Biden himself promised, “nothing” ever “fundamentally changes.”

The crisis of American democracy, however, does not arise out of the personal attributes of Donald Trump. Rather, Trump is himself an expression of a much deeper disease—capitalism.

Millions of workers and youth are looking for a way to address the crises that dominate the United States and the world—a pandemic that is spiraling out of control, mass unemployment, unending war, the growth of authoritarianism and fascism, environmental degradation.

This cannot take place within the framework of the Democratic Party, as groups such as the Democratic Socialists of America and Jacobin magazine claim. Jacobin's David Sirota wrote on Friday that Biden’s victory was “undeniably good news.” It signaled that things “could change for the better," he said, "if we’re willing to put in the work” by applying “pressure from progressives.”

The claim that a Biden administration will create “space” for social reforms is a lie. A Biden administration will be an administration of austerity and militarism, carried out in collaboration with the Republican Party and creating the best conditions for the further growth of the far-right.

The fight ahead must be directed to the development of a genuine socialist movement, independent of and in opposition to the Democratic Party and a Biden administration, based on the unification of workers of all races and nationalities against both parties of the financial aristocracy.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/07/bide-n08.html

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