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Eh, this is tricky.

Us Trotskyists call Stalinist Revisionists. Stalinists call us revisionists. So there will be some disputes in this.

Actually, the duty of a communist is not to follow doctrines, because we are anti-dogmatic. Our duty is to think about the world, apply what is applicable, and forget what is no longer applicable. If we are simply dogmatists we will fail to adapt to unforseen problems, or fail to see potentially deadly conditions.

RED I agree completely, I was rather angry last night >.>

I mostly meant for people who say they are communsts to act like communists, not like capitalists. Not like the people every communist ideology hates.

everybody knows I am the only true commuinist.

I'm probably not a True Communist in the Marxist sense. I'm much too radical in multiple contradictory issues

m-mann: you call stalinists revisionists? odd, while they certainly do 'revise', they are a much more deadly creature...


but as to saying its 'tricky', well, dont avoid the question. use it to create debate, as communists we should want these debates so we can show people that stalinism is class collaborationist and wrong.



as to the communist doctrine comment:

while gallenger is right in that we must not become rigidly dogmatic, we must follow one basic idea: proletarian revolution, ie, whatever can bring that about faster. it includes propaganda for communism, materialism, anti-imperialism(but not maoism or 'third-world-ism). these are what we should follow when deciding what route to take in any course of action.

The oriognal idae of Marx and the first internationale massive revolution that spreads to as many countries as possible..

We can see this is South America, as the revolution is quickly spreading there isn't much imperialism can do. However, when Venezuela (cuba for that matter bay of pigs) was isolated there was a coup attempt. The same happened in Russia, and though the revolution did not spread from Russia, they were simply strong enough to defeat the cossak and entente armies that landed on their shores.

As for socialism in one nation, it is impossible

As for Permanent Revolution. If I recall Trotsky only recommended that for states where capitalism is not yet fully developed. Thus requiring a small capitalist advance countered by a proletarian advance.