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minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·25 days agoThe left? That’s just two flavour of tankies.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·25 days agoNo? Maoists and Marxist-Leninists (aka Stalinists) are tankies, but Marxists are not.
minus-squareftbd@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·25 days agoWhy are Marxist-Leninists the same as Stalinists? I don’t think Lenin would have been too excited about Stalinism
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·25 days ago Marxism–Leninism was developed from Bolshevism by Joseph Stalin in the 1920s based on his understanding and synthesis of classical Marxism and Leninism. -Wikipedia. The term Marxist-Leninism was coined by Stalin to give legitimacy to his ideas.
The left? That’s just two flavour of tankies.
No? Maoists and Marxist-Leninists (aka Stalinists) are tankies, but Marxists are not.
Why are Marxist-Leninists the same as Stalinists? I don’t think Lenin would have been too excited about Stalinism
-Wikipedia. The term Marxist-Leninism was coined by Stalin to give legitimacy to his ideas.
I wasn’t aware of that, thanks!