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!
Note that I do respect Lenin’s ideals somewhat, even though he never lived long enough to put them into practice and I do respect some policies enacted by later communist leaders, such as Khrushchev’s housing plans, it’s Stalin that I take offense to, mostly. And while you might argue that later leaders had their wings “cut” by the Cold War and US interference, I don’t think you can really make that argument for pre-WW2/Stalin-era USSR.
I don’t see how you wouldn’t be able to make that argument for pre-WW2 period. This was the most turbulent time when the revolution just happened, and western capitalist nations invaded Russia in 1918 to try and run a counter revolution. Russia was a backwards agrarian society that was far behind the west technologically. Stalin transformed it into an industrial powerhouse making an equivalent of a century of progress under capitalism in the west. This progress and industrialization is what allowed USSR to stand up to the nazi invasion.
Note that I do respect Lenin’s ideals somewhat, even though he never lived long enough to put them into practice and I do respect some policies enacted by later communist leaders, such as Khrushchev’s housing plans, it’s Stalin that I take offense to, mostly. And while you might argue that later leaders had their wings “cut” by the Cold War and US interference, I don’t think you can really make that argument for pre-WW2/Stalin-era USSR.
I don’t see how you wouldn’t be able to make that argument for pre-WW2 period. This was the most turbulent time when the revolution just happened, and western capitalist nations invaded Russia in 1918 to try and run a counter revolution. Russia was a backwards agrarian society that was far behind the west technologically. Stalin transformed it into an industrial powerhouse making an equivalent of a century of progress under capitalism in the west. This progress and industrialization is what allowed USSR to stand up to the nazi invasion.