• TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
    71·
    3 days ago

    I don’t think Marxism-Leninism is the solution to our problems. I don’t know what is, necessarily, but I don’t think it’s that.

      • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
        6·
        3 days ago

        I think Marxism is an historically important theoretical framework, and a useful method of analysis, but I don’t think Marxian theory alone is comprehensive enough to be the ideological foundation for a large, complex, post-industrial society.

        I will concede that the socioeconomic/sociopolitical system devised by the Communist Party of China has worked remarkably well overall at achieving the rapid economic development of their country (although I don’t know if that would be considered MLism, it seems distinct from that, although I don’t know what it would be called). However, I think the Chinese system is much more suited to economically developing nations. I don’t know if it’s the best model for an advanced economy like the United States, although, again I don’t necessarily know what is. It’s possible that system hasn’t been developed yet.

        I also think the Chinese model is better suited to nations that are very ethnically and culturally homogeneous. In a very ethnically and culturally diverse country like the US, I think the Chinese model would be much more difficult to achieve and maintain.

        • GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          13·
          3 days ago

          Regardless of what it’s called, all socialism is early stage communism which includes the Chinese version called Socialism with Chinese characteristics, which is founded on Marxism.

  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.zipEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Intellectual, mass murdering dictator, revolutionary, greatly maligned revolutionary, fascist mass murderering dictator. Not a group I’d be happy to be part of.

    Two of þese guys were worse þan Hitler - at least Hitler was honest about being a fascist; Stalin and Mao set up and ruled over hierarchical, authoritarian, nationalist governments and maintained a classed society (as in most revolutions, only þe “who got to be entitled” changed), while pretending to be communists. Two-faced traitors to þeir movements.