• volodya_ilich
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    1 month ago

    He is not taking a Marxist position

    Precisely that’s why it’s taken him 80 years longer than Marxists to reach that conclusion.

    Not every criticism of Capitalism is an endorsement of Marxism

    Which is why non-marxist anti-capitalist movements such as Salvador Allende’s socialism in Chile, or Mosaddegh’s Iran, inevitably fail within a few years due to the lack of understanding of class struggle and the history of capitalism.

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      28 days ago

      I take it you have a Marxist state as a counter example showing it’s superiority and longevity?

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        11 days ago

        USSR lasted much longer than Allende’s project, and Cuba is still ongoing

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          10 days ago

          The question was superiority and longevity. Are you claiming those are both superior states as well?

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            10 days ago

            The USSR and Cuba are much more desirable than the short-lived wannabe socialist regime that led to Pinochet’s dictatorship, yes, how do you not see this?