I was wondering why Marxism was still a thing and this placed seemed to be filled with Marxists. So, why? Didn’t the fall of USSR teach us anything? Do today’s Marxists think that USSR did something wrong? In other words, will they do anything different than the dictators of the soviet union? Also, some here seem to admire Stalin. I would really have to try hard to find a community that would admire Hitler but apparently admiring Stalin, another mass murder seems to be perfectly fine!
“authoritarian” please. Can you read Engels “About authoritarianism”?
oh i’ve read it. it just makes very bad points, if only because most of life has nothing to do with a ship on the high seas and you’re not gonna die if you don’t have a single direction guiding everyone. also because it conflates power and authority: in specific situations, i may wish to delegate some power to a trusted 3rd party for accomplishing a task (such as a boat captain to guide us across an ocean and coordinate the rest of us). This does not mean that the ship captain holds power over me (authority), as exemplified by historical pirates who practiced horizontal decision-making (contrary to Hollywood/Disney portrayal of pirates).
marxism-leninism and all forms of Nation State are based on authority: power imposed over others by force. there is no consent involved in Nation States.