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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by MindTraveller@lemmy.ca to c/leftymemes@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

(Seizing the state and then slowly reforming it is still slowly reforming it)

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[–] seeking_perhaps@mander.xyz 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This is an anti-historical take. You can disagree with ML methods or ideology while still acknowledging where they have had material success in bringing about wins for the working class.

[–] nautilus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Uhh no, as you can clearly see the ML is the NPC so they’re unequivocally in the wrong here. Duh.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca -1 points 4 months ago

Really, that's very interesting. I didn't know marxist-leninists did any communist revolutions. I thought they only did socialist revolutions, and then expected the state to magically wither away over time. Of course, as you and I both know, Marx defined communism as stateless, so socialism with a state is not communism, and a revolution that doesn't immediately dismantle the state isn't a revolution producing communism. Could you give me any historical examples of marxist-leninists doing communist revolutions? Because honestly I thought only anarchists had ever done a real communist revolution.