• h34d@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    It’s not entirely the same though. Some of the “tankies” in the West seem to be Maoists more than Stalinists, as far as I can tell. Besides, some (many?) Stalinists also consider the term “Stalinist” derogatory, and prefer to call themselves “Marxist-Leninists”.

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      1 year ago

      Ok but let’s not pretend that either Marx or Lenin envisaged their form of communism as what Stalin was doing

      It’s no different to “free speech” suddenly meaning “free hate speech, but restricted speech on anything else”