Message from @Advocatus Diaboli
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I was between c.1929-1956
Under Stalin, yes.
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Before Khrushchev's liberalisation and after Lenin's death, basically.
I'd say after the end of the NEP
And before Khrushchev's destalinization
Yeah, but this guy probably doesn't know anything about the USSR outside of propaganda, so I'm using dates which are easy for this brainlet to understand.
Oh ok
Then I'll pick 1917, because politically that was the start year of socialism
Fair.
So under Stalin it was real socialism?
Yes.
Yes
Are you going to follow that up with anything or are you just going to ask if the USSR was socialist again?
No I just find it interesting how Iโve run in to many Communists/Socialists who would disagree.
Yeah.
Unless youโre both tankies or something
A lot of leftcoms and anarchists tend to call Stalin a pseudo-Socialist.
I'm not a Marxist, so I'm hardly a tankie.
I'm a strasserite, if that wasn't already established.
Same, surprisingly.
@Advocatus Diaboli Well, youโre a communist obviously?
Though I don't even know the meaning of this word
Yes I am
What kind? Marxist-Leninist? Maoist? Trotskyist?
advocatus
you in any communist or leftist servers?
Hi there
A "tankie" is generally someone who "sympathises" will Stalin. It comes from when the USSR sent tanks into Hungary in 1956, I believe.
Workers Paradise same as you
I'm Stalinist
So ML, then.
Yeah
Do you believe Stalinism to be true communism? According to Marxโs words anyways?
I just say 'Stalinist' because that's shorter than saying 'Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist'
But the latter is what I believe is Stalinism
By true communism I mean end goal of the ideology.
You have to remember that the Marxist-Leninist (Stalinist) state was designed to be a transition state between Socialism and Communism, so it can't be called "true communism".
According to all Marxist theory, a strong transition state is needed.
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