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a little question on marxism-leninism (or stalinism, if you prefer) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by DylanMc6@lemmy.ml to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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does one have to support stalin to support marxism-leninism?

oh and this is my 10th post here on this lemmy instance.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy. — Joseph Stalin

Domenico Losurdo, 2023, Stalin: History and Critique of a Black Legend — PDF
Hakim: 📺 There was never a "Hitler-Stalin" Pact
ICSS Marxist 📺 Grover Furr: 'Stalin, waiting for… the truth'
Second Thought: 📺 We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism"

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what does stalin mean when he said that?

[–] Ildsaye@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

He was saying that history would be rewritten by reactionary forces to cast him as a villain, and boy was he right about that.

He was also saying that the reactionaries have no future and cannot make a future, and the truth would return as their narrative control inevitably decays.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 0 points 1 month ago

I guess it's later