The older I get, the more I love the DPRK. I dream of a day where Americans are this patriotic, disciplined, and prosperous. I'll always believe we can get there, someday.
@GoofyMcCaesar Yes, even Lenin was smart enough to not want Stalin. This is entirely different from setting up the conditions that allowed it to happen though.
Lenin paved the conditions for Stalin to do what he did. I'm sick of Marxists treating Lenin like some untouchable god, as if he didn't end up betraying the proletariat. With fans like these, it's no wonder Marx refused to consider himself a "Marxist".
@Nierisevil Look up the NEP, the times he had anarchists killed, the abolition of worker councils, and his regime being authoritarian despite Marx insisting that a DotP must be democratic.
@NKVDDailyNews@Bongoloid0 I don't identify as a Marxist. Anarchism is a separate branch of communism. Marx was a great theorist and closer to getting it than most of his fanboys.
@palasha_glimmer Don't worry about it, it's just Anarchist Derangement Syndrome. If you even smell like an anarchist they'll come after you. Anarchists have to deal with their tantrums full force
"We tankies need anarchists to hold our hands and stop us from power-tripping and committing atrocities."
they'll say anything to avoid reading anarchist theory 🥀
Ah, beautiful. Anarchists have become the face of the anti-fascist movement. Meanwhile, Marxist-Leninists are still clinging on to some LOSER socdem state called the "Soviet Union" that holds no relevancy in modern praxis.
@mallardoftroy@Baycel2007 Real socialists advocate for the abolition of the profit motive. Their goal is to abolish currency and establish a high-trust society where we do things not for financial gain, but because it's beneficial for the community in itself.
One of the biggest "big lies" of all time is that fascism is pro-capitalism.
It. Is. Not.
Fascism is a form of anti-capitalism in which the State, as the overseer of the nation, totally controls the means of production for the benefit, supposedly, of the workers that were formerly exploited by capitalists.
When you hear, "Strength through unity," you're probably near a fascist at heart.
@deuterionxgeass A core anarchist value is defending the weak and defenceless. The bolsheviks RIGHTFULLY stripped the Romanovs of their wealth, status, and power. True justice would've been to use transformative justice and rehabilitation on them. Killing kids is NOT an anarchist value
Imagine a world where the bolsheviks gave the Romanov family job applications instead of murdering five innocent children. Tankies really want you to believe they're the good guys
@WJuche30501 They literally only had "socialism" in their name to get clout. It's the same bad argument North Korean supporters make when they say the DPRK is democratic.
@Baycel2007 Under fascism, the capitalists/bourgeoisie who refuse to further state interests are punished, but the concepts of capital, profit, and private property are preserved and encouraged by the state. Please stop pretending to be anti-capitalist.
@YugoML1917 We don't need a state for defense. A state is like the imaginary boogieman that statists try to scare you with. Marx unfortunately fell for the meme. Had he not, he would be a proud anarchist.
The final step of your communist journey is supporting the immediate abolition of all states. Yes, even a proletariat state.
Pic related is the average Marxist giving up before reaching peak enlightenment known as "anarchism". They're so close!