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just saw a book stand named "Revolutionary Spark" (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Named after Iskra, but not a single book by Lenin, 3 by Trotksy and even a couple anarchists. This is the trend among university "communists" over here. If a revolution was successful, it must've not been a real revolution, except for the aesthetics.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. I also observed that liberals will cite anything and everything to make their anti-communism valid. Starting with low level bullshit like, that Marx said he is not a marxist (Marxism debunked, you see), Luxemburg saying she doesnt like how the october revolution happened (Lenin debunked!), Trotsky disagreeing with the Soviet Union the way it wents (Soviet Union debunked) and so on. Also dont forget: Debunking Trotsky because of Kronstadt and Luxemburg is bad, because Thälmann wrote so. Sino-Soviet Split: China and Soviet Union debunked again.

Looking into the history of marxism, it is quite easy to find a ton of writings, letters and discussions. But, as an example, looking into the collected works of Lenin and making notes where Lenin disagreed with someone, is not how history as a science works. Taking Luxemburg and Lenin: She had critique, yes, but she supported the october revolution and wrote important books for marxist movement. But the most time you'll hear how they cherrypick something and ignore the rest.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They approach history the way a Catholic layperson approaches the theology, by taking every single (out of context) utterance in the text that agrees with their word as unquestionable Word of God.

If Luxemburg didn't like aspects of the October Revolution that obviously means it was bad, because they're not allowed to build critical opinions of their own. Same for Trots and other ultras.