The spiral doesn’t end, communism will not be the end of history. It’s going to be the end of class struggle, but everything is in constant motion and all development is driven by contradictions. Communism, the creation of a stateless, classless, moneyless society, “rhymes” with early communism that lasted for the bulk of human history. At the same time, it is forward in history, we are not returning to hunter/gatherer lifestyles but instead will stitch all of production and distribution together in one unified whole, scientifically planning how we develop in order to meet the needs of the people and advance collectively forward.

“Ideal communism” is not a thing. Such a notion draws more religious, holy implications than anything else. Communism is a real, material system naturally evolving out of socialism, itself evolving out of capitalism.

If you want to check out Marxist-Leninist theory, I wrote a basic study guide you can check out.

History may not be a straight arrow, but it does progress, even if it rhymes. History is not a circle, but a spiral.

I think at the point where this is the choice, we need to overthrow the government.

• The Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements by Huey P. Newton

• Transgender Liberation: A Marxist View by Leslie Feinberg

• The Problem of Recognition in Transitional States, or Sympathy for the Monster by Nia From

These are all great places to start for Marxist views on the LGBTQIA+ movement. Trans rights are human rights.

For an intro to Marxism-Leninism in general, I wrote this basic study guide.

Thanks for the shoutout, and excellent comment as always!

The CIA, in an internal memo never meant to be released, made it clear that Stalin was not a dictator and that leadership was collective.

The USSR brought dramatic democratization to society. First-hand accounts from Statesian journalist Anna Louise Strong in her book This Soviet World describe soviet elections and factory councils in action. Statesian Pat Sloan even wrote Soviet Democracy to describe in detail the system the soviets had built for curious Statesians to read about.

The majority of people who lived in Eastern European socialism regret its fall. The USSR had no colonies, it was an anti-imperialist, de-colonial federation. Sankara learned from Stalin, and was a Marxist-Leninist. Finally, equating Hitler and Stalin equates fascism with socialism, which originated as a form of Holocaust trivialization called Double Genocide Theory. I recommend reading Domenico Losurdo’s Towards a Critique of the Category of Totalitarianism.

Sankara is just as “tankie” as Stalin, Castro, Mao, Huey P. Newton, etc. The difference is that he was killed before Burkina Faso really had a chance to develop socialism, and as such his name hasn’t been dragged through the mud. Regarding Stalin, there are several books I can recommend, but I’ll pick just one. Stalin: The History and Critique of a Black Legend by Domenico Losurdo.

Also not sure what you mean by saying you don’t “believe in class society.” What does this mean? Do you deny the existence of wage laborers and capitalists, or do you deny that classes have similar interests and philosophies that come more naturally based on how we live?

Either way, we all love Sankara. Just because we disagree with bourgeois historiography on socialist leaders does not mean we don’t also appreciate the ones that bourgeois historiography has largely left alone.

Selling products is not capitalism by itself. Capitalism is a system where private ownership is the principal aspect, and capitalists control the state. Socialism, on the other hand, is a system where public ownership is principal, and the working classes control the state. The backbone and commanding heights of China’s economy are publicly owned, and the working classes control the state, ergo it is socialist.

Billionaires exist because private property exists, and private property exists because it speeds up development and integrates China with the global economy. This is a tradeoff used to build up the productive forces as quickly as possible, so that the social surplus can be redirected to developing underdeveloped regions, and because developed industry is easier to publicly own and plan. As these private firms grow, they are more tightly controlled and/or folded into the public sector.

Average working hours in China are 46 hours per week, not 75.

This isn’t really true. Stalin was often described as a quiet listener in collective meetings, and was widely beloved. He developed a cult of personality against his own wishes, due to leading the country successfully during its most chaotic and desparate periods. This happens to all leaders in such situations, FDR was almost revered as a god in the US. Stalin turned down awards like the Hero of the Soviet Union, and refused to change Marxism-Leninism to Marxism-Leninism-Stalinism, essentially equating his own contributions (particularly on the national question and linguistics) to an extremely minor aspect compared to Marx and Lenin.

Khrushchev, in trying to cement his position, tried to attack each part of Stalin’s legacy. His staunch dedication to preparing for World War II, his careful contemplation of the National question as one of the foremost theorists on it within the realm of Marxism, and as someone who detested undue praise. Khrushchev flipped each of these on their heads without base (such as suggesting Stalin planned front line battles on a globe) , and instead of killing the cult of personality, turned it into a negative cult of personality and created a total nihilism for the prospects of building socialism. I highly recommend Domenico Losurdo’s How to Cast a God into Hell: The Khrushchev Report.

As Weng Weiguang wrote, The Evaluation of Stalin is Essentially an Ideological Struggle. Repudiating Stalin is less about the historical figure and more about what was accomplished during his service. Demonizing Stalin demonizes the soviet union during its major industrialization, and therefore demonizes the most critical era for socialism in advancing on what came before.

In clearing Stalin’s name, we clear the record of socialism historically, proving it can, did, and does work definitively. This isn’t wasted effort, but is absolutely critical, especially as the demonized visage of Stalin is used as a club to beat Marxists and anti-imperialists in general (even non-Marxists!).

14 western countries invaded Russia as soon as it had a socialist revolution, and since then have been encircling and trying to commit genocide against the Soviets. This encirclement did not stop even after socialism was dissolved.

Again, you never clarified, do you mean anything with a state is “auth?”

I agree, those are some great ideas! The eternal playlist bit sounds super cool as well, and I agree, I do like seeing SpaceDogs update. I personally really like themed local instances, they have a lot of opportunity to have fun community things, like Hexbear’s megathreads and Lemmygrad’s general thread.

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The Banderites in Kiev have killed thousands of people in Donetsk and Luhansk over the years, and were amassing a force to “finish off the separatists” before Russia got involved directly. The Minsk agreements were both tanked by the west and Ukraine, and could have avoided this war altogether. The movements in Donetsk and Luhansk are not far-right, they are a response to the far-right government that coup’d the president they supported:

Again, you have to believe that the people in the Donbass should quietly accept being ethnically cleansed by Banderites put in charge by the west, and that this is necessary despite the fact that Ukraine and Israel are close allies that aid each other millitarily. Call this “campist” if you want, but materially supporting Ukraine materially supports Israel and thus indirectly accelerates their genocidal settler-colonialism.

I don’t see how the top left has a moral compass when Ukraine is one of Israel’s strongest allies, and the two cooperate millitarily. Further, it requires one to believe the victims in Donetsk and Luhansk that were being ethnically cleansed by the post-2014 Banderite regime have no right to self-determination. Also not sure what makes the top right “accelerationist” or “revolutionary defeatist.”

You dehumanized people to defend a soldier with Nazi tattoos

Overthrowing the system entirely is the only way out of the continuous stagnation and decay from imperialism and settler-colonialism. The DNC is just as much an enabler of this decay as the GOP, as both are imperialist parties. Conditions will continue to worsen as time goes on, and people will continue to abandon electoralism as a viable means of gaining necessary change. It’s either socialism or total collapse.

Just for fun, I’d love to see you attempt to eviscerate the Republicans and Trump exclusively. This would be mostly to see how long before you blew a gasket and started attacking Democrats.

What does that even mean? I hate Trump and the Republicans, why on Earth do you think pointing out where they stand aligned with the Democrats is me “blowing a gasket?” These aren’t opposed sides, they both serve the same class interests.

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