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      8 months ago

      Marx said that the state was inherently oppressive. But I guess I missed the part where he said that it doesn’t matter if the party brands itself as communist.

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          The executive of the modern state is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.

          • the Communist manifesto
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        If you bake a cake and you have this magnificent idea in your head; do you gather all the ingredients and then presto magic you have a beautiful cake in front of you? Or is there some sort of process that’s missing? Some sort of transitionary period?

        There’s a reason it’s called Marxist-Leninism too, older works can be superseded or reanalyzed by newer works in a more refined context.

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          Baking doesn’t cook down the ingredients and claim it’s heating them up.

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              You could call any machine anything, yet it doesn’t become the thing.

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                Yes it does. A name inherently defines the characteristics of whatever it’s being used for. For example, the names your mother calls me during sex defines the intrinsic nature of our relationship, that is me being the oppressive dom authority figure (because I’m a tankie), and her the submissive proletariat.