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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2015, 09:54:17 AM » |
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Communist (in the sense of the term as described by Marx and Engels and put into effective practice by the Bolsheviks in Russia from the period between 1917 and 1928. I am a communist because I believe that communism represents the final stage in the struggle for democracy, i.e. the conquest of the means of production by the producers and the opening up of the first real stage of actual human history for the vast majority of humanity. I believe that the workers should own and manage the places in which they work and should be fully free to pursue the full development of their own personality, without the distorting influence of wealth and monetary gain) Marxist (Marx fleshed out dialectical materialism, which is essentially the historical and social equivalent to the Theory of Evolution, as well as helping us understand the way that capitalist society works.) Leninist (What Marx did for theory, Lenin did for practice. Lenin helped develop the theory of how a revolutionary party should operate, what its goals should be, and what it should do to realize those goals. Contrary to accusations from anarchists and liberals alike, the Leninist party model, in its genuine sense, is not antidemocratic. It is centralized, yes, but it allows for full freedom of debate and unity in action.) Trotskyist (Socialism must be International or it is nothing.) Trade Unionist (Workers must be organized in trade unions, which provide the only effective and efficient means, aside from the revolutionary party, of combating capitalism at the point of production) Republican (the democratic republic is the highest form of human social organization. Only under socialism can its distortions be fully removed, and only under communism can democracy be fully moved from a representative (yet participatory) system to a system of the direct rule of the producers themselves, perhaps upon the Athenian model. Libertarian (ideas must be freely propagated, the sacred profaned, and the right of every person to do as they wish (so long as they don't imperil others or the safety of the community) respected)
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