I know that anarchism, specifically anarcho-communism and marxism are very different. People always talk about their main difference being that they have a different means of achieving their goals but the same end goal , but that’s definitely not true. So what are some of the ways they are different?
“Fascism is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived interest of the nation” this describes the USSR pretty well. The US is also bordering on fascism, but that has little to do with the USSR. Those weren’t really labor camps so much as they were POW camps for fascist opponents. Also what’s your opinion on north korea?
That doesn’t describe the USSR well at all, though. That’s a very surface-level analysis of fascism and the USSR. I can give good references as to why (in addition to the book I already linked), but I think we’ve gone far beyond the initial scope of the question, which is about the differences between Marxism and anarchism in end-goal, which is best described as the question of collectivization vs communalization of production and distribution. Similarly, I don’t think discussing the DPRK would be very productive in this context either, this is an anarchist community and I’ve already said what I think is valuable in the discussion of how Marxists and anarchists disagree and agree on “end stages.”
If you want to learn more about Marxist perspectives on the DPRK, you can ask over on Hexbear.net or Lemmy.ml, those will usually have far more people than just me.
ML is goo difficult for me to engage in because there’s too much defense of stalin I find tbh. Maybe I’ll check out hexbear though
Are you trying to gain a perspective on Marxism-Leninism, or debate it? I think you’ll find more success by keeping a non-confrontational stance and an open-mind, even if you don’t end up agreeing. That applies to Lemmy.ml and Hexbear, and I say that because views on both are similar.