I was wondering why Marxism was still a thing and this placed seemed to be filled with Marxists. So, why? Didn’t the fall of USSR teach us anything? Do today’s Marxists think that USSR did something wrong? In other words, will they do anything different than the dictators of the soviet union? Also, some here seem to admire Stalin. I would really have to try hard to find a community that would admire Hitler but apparently admiring Stalin, another mass murder seems to be perfectly fine!

  • stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Because we have yet to kill off the idea that

    “my group is the best and perfect because I’m in it”

  • Godless_Nematode@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    Why not point to Cuba? Despite 75 years of brutal sanctions, Cuba has a more equitable education and healthcare system than the USA.

    • Jerald@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      I left out cuba? will edit the question. I don’t think they are great either. It’s a dictatorship. I don’t need to provide any more counter to that. Also, let’s not forget, people in cuba literally were protesting due to lack of food recently. Say what you want about capitalism, people don’t often starve under it.

  • Dragon@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    I was wondering why Marxism was still a thing

    Capitalism is still a thing, and continues to hurt people. Marx had insightful critiques of Capitalism.

    this placed seemed to be filled with Marxists. So, why?

    The site was built by communists

    Do today’s Marxists think that USSR did something wrong?

    Most do, but some are insane and will defend literally anything in the name of communism.

    I would really have to try hard to find a community that would admire Hitler but apparently admiring Stalin, another mass murder seems to be perfectly fine!

    Yes, it is abhorrent, but in reality there are plenty of people who admire Hitler too. You might just not be familiar with those communities.

    To answer your question broadly, Marxism is mainly a critique of capitalism, and Marx wrote very little about the specifics of how its replacement should function. So I don’t think it is reasonable to blame the horrors of Stalin on Marxism. Marx was pro-democracy and pro-freedom, not pro-totalitarianism.

    A more accurate term for what you are describing might be Marxism-Leninism, which was the ideology of the USSR. People abbreviate it to ML.