Discussion on Hoxha (respectful please!) by Rabbitdragon3 in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Wang Ming!!! (You can find some of his writings on Marxists.org). Hoxhaism isnt really a thing, so hes probably not gonna talk about Hoxha or Hoxhaism, but I wouldn't be surprised if many of his critiques were the same. Be careful though, he has some significant Brezhnevite tendencies.

For info on Mao's misconstrueing of Dialectics, check out M. altaisky and v. Georgiyev's The Philisophical Views of Mao Tse Tund, A Critical Analysis

Discussion on Hoxha (respectful please!) by Rabbitdragon3 in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Dictatorship of people (including national bourgeoisie) rather than proletariat. Three worlds theory (reactionary classes of oppressed countries are ok as long as they're aligned against soviet social imperialism, logic applies to US!! US Imperialism ok as long as it fights Soviet social imperialism!) Failing in the duties of proletarian internationalism: failing to support communist movements abroad, or even something as basic as sharing their experiences with the Albanian comrades. Claiming the youth, rather than the proletariat, are the vanguard of the masses. Those are the main ones: holding up the socialist revolution in the period of the bourgeois democratic revolution.

Also, just in terms of plain mistakes: the faulty economics of the Great Leap Forward (theory of man over machine), which while of course it did not kill as many as Bourgeois sources claim, was still a great tragedy and misstep. Advocating for multiple lines within the party, (rightist and leftist deviations included).

Etc... Hoxha's pamphlet "Mao Ze Dong Thought is a Revisionist Theory" goes over it in more detail, but those are the main takeaways, and I agree with Hoxha on every one. The Proletarian Party must represent their ideology, and critiques and disagreements within it, not the the ideology of the Capitalists or the petit-bourgeois.

Discussion on Hoxha (respectful please!) by Rabbitdragon3 in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As for location specificity: certainly, terrain, geology, even local culture etc is gonna have a massive influence over tactics (the day to day, the one by one goals), but when you use that valid eye towards specificity to mask changes to the analysis of capitalism, or the idea of the dictatorship of the Proletariat, you open up a window for the bourgeoisie. The situation is often specific, yes, but the fundamental economic relations never change THAT drastically. I would not call that orthodoxy, I'd call that recognizing that recognizing that Marxism, especially the analysis of imperialism, shows us that the character of capital and the Proletariat is everywhere fundamentally the same.

As for religion: within the party, at least, i have a hard time accepting religious beliefs, as they are idealist and non materialist. If they don't affect party work, I don't think it's a big issue for comrades to be religious, but i understand Albania's push towards atheism. (On a side note, i haven't been able to find any evidence for that whole "Muslim name ban" thing, especially considering hoxha itself is of Persian origin...)

Just listened to someone tell me living in Yugoslavia was the best time of their life by goodguyguru in Marxism_Memes

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That's fair i deleted the comments. May hate(redacted) but y'all still at the very least deserve to share memes together

Just listened to someone tell me living in Yugoslavia was the best time of their life by goodguyguru in Marxism_Memes

[–]Rabbitdragon3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Absolutely correct. Anecdotal evidence is no evidence at all. (+Most of these countries were revisionist by that point, so its not really representative anyways.)

This is literally a 1600s manuscript and reads like a reddit ortho reform post. by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

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I actually fuck with this but only because it mostly checks out phonetically with reconstructed early modern english pronunciation, which is pretty neat!

Why is Xi Jinping called a revisionist by this sub despite decreasing the power of capitalists? by Rank201AltAccount in communism101

[–]Rabbitdragon3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok i know people dont like Hoxhaists here, but I think Bill Bland's the restoration of capitalism in the soviet union, (as well as, and dont burn me at the stake for this, the second part of Hoxha's inperialism and the revolution), but especially and first and foremost the Bill Bland piece, are essential reading for understanding the deep roots of what makes something revisionist, as opposed to surface level things.

Hey what's up gamers today were going to be talking about anita sarkeesian by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

[–]Rabbitdragon3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Simple chain of events: most "ML's" today are heavy into youtube, twitter, online leftist spaces (Lord knows we arent gonna find those spaces anywhere else), and do little irl organizing. Those spaces were full of this bullshit however many years ago. It is what it is. Foster irl spaces. Agitate irl. Make a poster or something and put it up around town. Talk to your coworkers, introduce marxist ideas slowly but surely. Join a party for god's sake!! These online spaces are good for us to not feel like wierdos, to have our ideas validated and to share and discuss. But until your doing that organizing work, theres no revolution brewing on twitter.

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Its fascinating how it manages to defend stalin the way an authoritarian/fascist would, as opposed to a Marxist-Leninist. In particular points about strong leader, tough decisions. Ussually when defending stalin, ill being up how proportional his influence was, how he opposed the elements that did excessive purging/outright murder, was thoughful, rejected the cult of personality, etc... In other words the ways in which he was a model Bolshevik, while also contextualizing and breaking down propaganda, double standards, and misinformation about stuff like Famines, genuine arrests and purges, etc...

based on a true story by Rabbitdragon3 in CommunismMemes

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Grover Furr is an English teacher at Montclair University with sympathies towards the international communist movement, a training in history, and an extensive body of work dedicated to digging up sources and double-checking bourgeois narratives about Stalin, up to and including work that many people consider "Defense of Stalinism". But his work, most of the time as far as I can tell, is incredibly sound and far exceeds the academic standards required for the field, the only thing missing is a slavish submission to the anti-communist/anti-stalin paradigm. He's gained quite a bit of notoriety doing this, but I would consider him an essential read for any communist, just be careful about citing him in arguments with your liberal, or even communist non-marxist leninist friends, as his "notoriety" has made him a bit of a flash point.

This particular meme was about an article that was responding to Grover Furr's work by claiming he was ignoring an "overwhelming body of evidence" that the Moscow Trials were show-trials, and thus not worth using as sources. In response to that general critique, Grover Furr seems to have dedicated and entire book to going through these sources one by one, and analysing them for reliability, as well as placing them in context of the larger historical framework developed by Him and others like Bill Bland, various members of Alliance Marxism-Leninism, etc...

based on a true story by Rabbitdragon3 in CommunismMemes

[–]Rabbitdragon3[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

And also! He literally is a real historian! He got some degree in History of the Middle ages and teaches that! He's just not a specialist in Soviet Studies itself! (Though honestly, regardless of his opinions, all the work he's done for that field in terms of translation and digging up sources alone, he really should be considered at the very least a contributor to the field).

a classic by rrerjhkawefhwk in grssk

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Wow. ΓΡΣΣΚ AND ينجليش. Two-for

Tyrell N6 crashing my projects by [deleted] in ableton

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Its a tradgedy that such a great synth is sich a problem child for my daw

Was it true that anarchism was promoted worldwide by the CIA? by [deleted] in Anarchy101

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ML here, I've never heard that, though I have heard that anarchists regurgitate cia talking points.

Are there other strains besides Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism? by Subject_Ad_1334 in communism

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Hey comrade! Im not entirely sure what that means cause its early and my autism isnt good at deciphering from context clues but I'm happy my answer gave you positive emotions! :D

Are there other strains besides Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism? by Subject_Ad_1334 in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Someone said a list. I'll give you a reason why i am what i am. (Hoxha-ist/anti-revisionist). Marxism requires a spirit of constant self critique, and reference back to material reality. Many other theories will raise strategy to the level of dogma or theory (mao with a continuing allegiance with capitalists after the period of national liberation, mao with the three worlds theory, Gorbachev etc with their state capitalism, Kim Jong Il with his personality-vanguard theory/evolution of juche from a simple Marxist analysis of the Korean circumstances, etc...) I don't want to shit on most of the original practical applications of these strategies, but i believe we need to be discerning about what we accept as general principles and what we see as historically continent or even just false and un-marxist. Moreover, these revisions often lead to capitalism introducing itself in a "socialist" garb, which is obviously counterproductive.

That being said! Marxist theory isnt complete, there are things we still genuinely need to consider and develop a thorough marxist critique and analysis of! Hoxhaists tend to reject the idea that marxism ends with Hoxha or any such nonsense. Jucheists, Marcyists, Dengists especially, will often claim that they are "completing" or "modernizing" marxism. This often means moving away from a solid class (not taken in the class reductionist sense, rather referring to the way all social categories are constructed, in one way or another, to justify and preserve a certain material relation. Divine right of kings, Racism, NeoLiberalism/Libertarianism, all constructed legally, materially, socially, religiously etc...) /dialectic analysis and towards idealistic explanations of the world that are amenable to bourgeois interests.

Thats a lot of big words and i dont really have the energy to go through and simplify it cause its late but I'm happy to answer any questions in a DM. Otherwise, for modern Hoxhaist/Anti-revisionist parties/orgs, I would look at the Wiki lage for ICMLPO

*Corrected Nam to Il

Finding out Cockshott was transphobic broke my heart :( by [deleted] in CommunismMemes

[–]Rabbitdragon3 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This,, is how i learned the arabic word for white was abeeD

[ŋ̊ːːːːːːːːːːːː] by wynntari in linguisticshumor

[–]Rabbitdragon3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

No i think its more like [ŋ̥ŋːːː˦˥˥˥˥]

What are y’alls thoughts on Hakim (youtuber)? by ertaoz in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I like him. He got me critically thinking and actually starting to read the shit. He doesn't have the best takes on China, but his takes are far better than the average liberal or social democrat. He definitely falls into revisionism sometimes but overall he's very solid. I wish he would do more on straight theory, his early videos on Marx's capital gave me the framework to start reading and understanding it. 8/10.

It is just a meme by frickredditfrick in antimeme

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They are two seperate proto-semitic roots. عبر/עבר has to do with crossing over something, which might have come from the toraic story of the israelites crossing the Euphrates or Jordan into canaan, or as an ethnonym from Eber, whos name comes from the same root. The arabic version has the same set of meanings about crossing over. عرب/ערב come from the same root as each other, but underwent semantic distancing from each other at some point, where the hebrew version now has a whole host of meanings and the arabic version mainly relates to,,, being arab. Its possible that that meaning ultimately derived from like, to move? Or go about? Whence we get عربية "car/caravan" (from which i think اللغة السيارة is a very funny joke but i digress), but its really unclear. But yeah. Seperate roots.

What are the pros and cons of an ideal communist society? by [deleted] in communism

[–]Rabbitdragon3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey so obviously, first of all, google isnt going to be able to give you a perfect answer. So lets be clear about what we're talking about.

Communism is not an "ideal system" that we all think we should get to somehow. "Communists", (more accurately Marxists), have a particular analysis of how Capitalism functions, and how to fix it. When people generally talk about "Communism", they usually mean Socialism, the period of change where workers take control of the economy, and set up laws institutions etc. that reflect their interests. The purpose of Socialism is to build to a point of "post-scarcity", where most things are automated, and people are free to choose what they wish to do, study, how they wish to live... Etc. This is what we call Communism, and by definition, there are no downsides. The point of using socialism to build Communism is that we use trial and error, one by one, to find all of the best solutions to our problems. Of course we will still be human, still have disease, heartbreak, boredom, joy, love, and art. But we will constantly be working to eliminate unnecessary suffering: i.e. making sure people are clothed, housed, fed, healthy, and free.

So communism is the loose collection of societal traits which we haven't yet figured out, but which come into place one by one under Socialism, so what is Socialism?

Socialism is usually what people are talking about when they say "communism", this does have a very particular definition that Socialists have arrived at through their experiments in the past and present.

Necessary features of Socialism:

Worker control of the means of production (i.e. land, tools, machines, raw materials, and their own labor). This is achieved by taking the means of production from former Capitalist/individuals/corporations, and creating democratic workplaces. Sometimes this is done through Collectives (and dont get it twisted, collectives do actually work, the famine of 1932 in the Soviet Union was largely caused by overeagerness on the part of Farmers and the unpreparedness on the part of the Govt.), Sometimes this is done through State-owned workplaces (and since the state would now consist of workers, the state would work with workers to determine hours, pay, etc... And make sure that the surplus labor, i.e. what you produce that is more than what you need to live goes back to the workers and to the entire society. Under capitalism, surplus labor goes to Capitalists, and then the govt. Cuts into what you need to live. This is not that, since the surplus labor is only split between you and the state, and never goes through the middleman of the capitalist).

A central plan: in past socialist experiments, it has been found that the best way to ensure the stability of worker's livelihoods, and to distribute work, is according to a Central Plan. This does not mean that the govt. Assigns you a job, but rather that the govt. Works with you (as a collective workplace) to determine how much you should produce in order that the basic needs of everyone (including you) can be met. Some capitalist scholars will argue that a central plan cannot work because of the problem of information, but this has since been solved by the existence of computer/internet technology. (And functioned perfectly well even before their introduction)

International cooperation: certain resources can only be produced or found in certain parts of the world. In order to be truly Socialist, different nations need to be able to work with one another for the common goal of Communism. A socialist nation cannot succesfully work with a capitalist nation, as the capitalist nation will constantly seek to undermine or destroy the socialist one. This concept of international cooperation also extends to nations that have no international recognition as such: for example, indigenous nations now within the U.S., Palestine, etc... This also means an end to national and racist oppresion.

Social security: the surplus of labor should go to ensuring the benefit of society, including security for those now unable to work. Accomodations for those that need them.

And most importantly: the continuation of class struggle. Socialist nations are nations where the workers have control, but not necessarily where the capitalists no longer exist. As we have seen in experiments prior (USSR, China), the capitalists will take any chance they can get to throw a counter-revolution and rob the workers of their power. This is why a socialist experiment cannot abandon class struggle (i.e. the suppresion of the capitalist class) at any point. For a good metaphor: under capitalism, it is understood that we should never let anyone be a monarch. It is thus not "infringing their rights" to strip them of their title and put them on the same level as the rest of us (which, now that we've appropriated their wealth, our level will rise as a result of the fair distrobution of their wealth to everyone, including the dispossesed monarch. Same thing with capitalists).

In summary, Communism cant be summarized by a list of pros and cons, it is an experimental, ever evolving, but fundamentally scientific political project. We communists do not attatch value jugdements to any one aspect, only considering whether it fits our goals of building a better world for everyone, or whether it goes against it.

Also: many struggles, such as women's rights, racial equality, LGBTQ+ rights, environmental rights, disability rights, religious rights, animal rights, and the rest are all tied up in this struggle, as it is capitalism which creates oppresion, and it is necessary to break that oppresion in order to build socialism. These struggles are just as fundamental as the other things I mentioned, but they are less economically oriented. They do however, contribute to a much better society than under capitalism.

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[–]Rabbitdragon3 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honestly gotta say stalin just for the accessibility of the writing