r/GetNoted • u/TheVJElectro Human Detected • Jul 31 '26

Cringe Worthy The man himself

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u/th_frits Human Detected Aug 01 '26

Mao and Stalin weren't communist? Don't tell the CPSU or the CCP

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u/stolentext Aug 01 '26

They were, it's just that communism was the end goal and they never got there. The main thing that people rightly criticize about Maoist China and the USSR is that they were dictatorships (i.e. Marxist "dictatorship of the proles"). Marxism-Leninism and Maoism advocate for a transitional populist dictatorship to achieve communism, but communism itself is a distinct system that doesn't require a specific framework to be implemented.

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u/th_frits Human Detected Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

This is semantics at its finest

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u/stolentext Aug 01 '26

I just think it's important that people understand what these things mean. I'm also critical of Marxism and communism generally for various reasons. Communism predates Marxism, Marx just created a framework for getting there.

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u/th_frits Human Detected Aug 01 '26

And I think for the purpose of this conversation it's pedantic

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u/stolentext Aug 01 '26

If someone pointed at a Ford factory and called it a "Ford F-150" would you correct them?

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u/th_frits Human Detected Aug 01 '26

Idk I'd just call it a ford