In 1975, the University of Manchester were banned from participating in University Challenge after in one episode they answered every question with either “Marx”, “Lenin” or “Trotsky”.
Alistair. Scots lowlander type. Upper secondary school. Debater, socialist, sometimes-writer. Also interested in science but rarely blogs about it.
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"Communism needs democracy like the human body needs oxygen."
Leon Trotsky (via boombapbeatnik)
(via fabulous-trotskyist)
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Communism: You're Doing It Wrong →
The concept of a millionaire Communist might not sit well with Mao’s Little Red Book, but it appears to be just fine with the modern Chinese Communist Party. The Forbes China 400 Rich list revealed this week that ‘over 90% of the 1,000 richest people tracked by the Hurun Report are either officials or members of the Chinese Communist Party.” The list reinforces the view that the CCP has become more of a cartel or, in some cases, a criminal enterprise than a true political party. Communist officials are routinely accused of breathtaking corruption and use of state power to force peasants from their land in development schemes.
Hmmm, nobody could have predicted that the consolidation of political power within a Vanguard party under the guise of centralized state power was actually counterintuitive to achieving the theoretical goals of Communism .
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Communism: You’re Doing It Wrong
The concept of a millionaire Communist might not sit well with Mao’s Little Red Book, but it appears to be just fine with the modern Chinese Communist Party. The Forbes China 400 Rich list revealed this week that ‘over 90% of the 1,000 richest people tracked by the Hurun Report are either officials or members of the Chinese Communist Party.” The list reinforces the view that the CCP has become more of a cartel or, in some cases, a criminal enterprise than a true political party. Communist officials are routinely accused of breathtaking corruption and use of state power to force peasants from their land in development schemes.
Hmmm, nobody could have predicted that the consolidation of political power within a Vanguard party under the guise of centralized state power was actually counterintuitive to achieving the theoretical goals of Communism .
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Dear people transcribing lyrics to “No More Heroes”: Do you really all think that, after Trotsky, they’re going to start talking about some random guy called Lenny?
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