Hello everynyan, we’re studying Marxism-Leninism. Here is a link to the list
This week we’re reading:
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Why Socialism? - A. Einstein (1949)
Webpage | Audiobook [~10 min / 22 min] -
Why Marxism? - R. Day (2020)
Webpage | Audiobook [~15 min / 21 min] -
Why do we Have to Study Theory? - Ho Chi Minh (1957)
Webpage | Audio book [~10 min / 11 min] -
General Rules for Independent Study - N. Krupskaya (1934)
Webpage [~5 min] -
“Tankies” - N. Frome (2020)
Webpage | Audiobook [~5 min / 11 min]
Next week we will be watching 6. US Interventionism, the Third World, and the USSR - M. Parenti (1986)
Webpage Transcription of Speech | Original Speech [~1 hr / 1 hr 33 min]
The central point is that the socialist countries and the countries nearby handled COVID far better than the capitalist countries. There are limits to this, and weaknesses that we can analyze much better in retrospect, but on the whole comparing China to the US it’s clear which one was more correct. That’s the point, and to borrow from Parenti who was borrowed by Day, they handled it differently.
Thank you! Yes, that makes sense.
I suppose the caving to covid and walking back from Zero Covid as a national policy is also one of those compromises forced by existing as a socialist state within the global capitalist system, too
Yep, that’s another great way to put it. Was it a perfectly correct way of handling the situation? No. Was it much, much better than how the vast majority of capitalist countries? Yes. Was it enabled because of socialism? Also yes!
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