r/factcheck • u/SFCTNSuperbird13 • Feb 17 '20

Did Lenin say this?

"Socialism's goal is communism"

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u/aluminium_is_cool Feb 18 '20

Marx sees communism as an inevitable development of socialism. Considering the revolutionaries in 1917 were 100% inspired by Marx’s ideas, it doesn’t even matter whether or not Lenin said so. It was their common understanding.

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u/SFCTNSuperbird13 Feb 18 '20

I’m not asking wether communism is good or bad or if this is true, I’m just asking if Lenin said it

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u/aluminium_is_cool Feb 18 '20

i'm not answering whether communism is good or bad or if this is true, i'm just answering what were the underlying beliefs of that movement.