08-20-2017, 03:57 PM
(08-20-2017, 03:49 PM)Dill Wrote: Partially agree with you here, Bels. Communism is neither inherently bad (if you think humans are naturally equal) and is certainly not as reprehensible as white supremacy.
I am not sure there is a "Communist theory" though. There are various political developments/applications of Marx's writings that fly under the name of "Communism," and no one can stand in for them all. For most Americans, though, it is just label filtered through the lens of its enemy--capitalists and their supporters--applied to a wide range of historical movements and linked to current political threats to the status quo. Been that way since before WWI.
When I speak of communism, I speak of communism in its ideal form. That would be what I consider to be the theory or ideology. Applications of that, such as Leninism, Stalinism, Maoism, etc., are taking bits of communist theory and muddling it with others to create something abhorrent. I know that you understand this, and I know that I should not be too surprised when certain individuals display a lack of knowledge on this, but I can't help it.
