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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
Academics who study and write about international affairs prefer the term Marxist rather than Communist, that's all. It boils down to the fact that Marxists call for collectivization of industry (communism) AND lack of government (or really, lack of nation to raise government from as it's all based on class), and Fascists tend to call for corporation of industry AND totalitarianism.
Russia (or the USSR, rather) as a "Communist" country employed collectivization AND totalitarianism, therefore was not a true Marxist country.
So, purely used, either refers to BOTH the economic and political atmosphere of a given country.
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And this is where academics completely tip their hands and reveal their leftist bias.
On the left, we have a system that could function without totalitarianism although it never has, and on the right we have a system that at its end must be totalitarian.
Why would we assume that Marxism could be practiced without the authority of the state? Because Marx said so?
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