If you had to choose a "leader" from these... who...?

[ComradeMan]

As per title.

[Havet]

No leaders for me. No representatives. I represent myself, and I hope others assume that responsibility as well.

[ComradeMan]

No leaders for me. No representatives. I represent myself, and I hope others assume that responsibility as well.

There's an anarchist poll too... :)

Whose regime would you prefer if you had no choice?

[Havet]

Whose regime would you prefer if you had no choice?

But there IS always choice, isn't it? :)

[ComradeMan]

Hmm- Kim Sung's not doing very well is he. I wonder who voted for Stalin!:D LOL!!!

[Havet]

Hmm- Kim Sung's not doing very well is he. I wonder who voted for Stalin!:D LOL!!!

Why didn't you include Pol Pot, btw?

[ComradeMan]

Why didn't you include Pol Pot, btw?


Err... where shall I begin? I think we all know the answer to that question but probably for the same reason I did not include Robert Mugabe and Mengistu Haile Mariam...

[Chambered Word]

Why didn't you include Pol Pot, btw?

I lol'd.

Anyway I choose Castro and Che.

[ComradeMan]

I lol'd.

Anyway I choose Castro and Che.


Hang on a minute, El Che is not on the list!!! :confused: Thought about putting him on but he was never the "leader" in that sense. Trotsky wasn't either but I think it's different.

[#FF0000]

Probably Lenin.

[ComradeMan]

Probably Lenin.


How come? I assume you mean that you voted for Lenin...? Don't quite follow... :crying:

[Joe_Germinal]

I chose Stalin, easily the most successful socialist leader in history (not to take anything away from Lenin who probably would have been if he had lived another decade). He brought the Soviet Union from semi-feudal backwardness to being one of the most economically powerful countries on earth. Under his leadership, the working class firmly established socialist relations of production and consolidated the dictatorship of the proletariat. He smashed the counter-revolutionary threat and along with the European resistance, liberated Europe from fascism.

[Pirate Utopian]

Voted all because I can and because this is a rather silly poll.

[Zanthorus]

I voted Trotsky because he was the most libertarian of the lot.

[ComradeMan]

Voted all because I can and because this is a rather silly poll.


Why spoit it? Why is it a silly poll? It's just trying to gain some insight into people's opinions in an informal way.

[revolution inaction]

I voted Trotsky because he was the most libertarian of the lot.

and your call your self an anarchist? you've got to be taking the piss.

[Dean]

Voted all because a larger council is less likely to lead to the insane brutality many of these individuals were known for. Also "other" because I want to be on the council.

[Zanthorus]

and your call your self an anarchist? you've got to be taking the piss.

Calm down. It's not like I'm singing from the rooftops about how rightous the killing of the workers at Kronstadt was or anything. It's just a crappy poll with a lot of authoritarian shitheads, so I chose the least authoritarian shithead.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Uncle Fidel for me, though i'm not into these long-term leaders. One year of leadership is enough for anybody. Leadership should be institutionalised, not personalised.

That is just a fun answer, though.

I can't understand why old Honecker is on the list, one of the most grim men i've ever encountered, presiding over one of the most grim of Socialist countries.

[ComradeMan]

Uncle Fidel for me, though i'm not into these long-term leaders. One year of leadership is enough for anybody. Leadership should be institutionalised, not personalised.

That is just a fun answer, though.

I can't understand why old Honecker is on the list, one of the most grim men i've ever encountered, presiding over one of the most grim of Socialist countries.

I met some East Germans that said it was better under the DDR and felt that Gorbachev has stabbed him in the back! Well, I don't know but there are always two sides to the story.:) Surely Honecker can be no grimmer than some of the others?:D

[Kingpin]

Reasons to vote for Stalin (cool 6 minute video looool)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpEZoWzlmww

[revolution inaction]

Calm down. It's not like I'm singing from the rooftops about how rightous the killing of the workers at Kronstadt was or anything. It's just a crappy poll with a lot of authoritarian shitheads, so I chose the least authoritarian shithead.

1: since when did anarchist chose the least worst leader?

2: their is a other/none option

[Uppercut]

Enver Hoxha FTW

[ComradeMan]

Surprised Fidel is doing so modestly....

[Svante]

i will like Olof Palme for the leader.

[The Ben G]

Nobody. No leaders.:cool:

[Weezer]

Reasons to vote for Stalin (cool 6 minute video looool)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpEZoWzlmww

I've been looking for that forever. Thank you.

[ComradeMan]

Fidel has made a surge recently on the poll... still Lenin in the lead, Trotsky second... will there be any surprises before the poll closes?:cool:

[Comrade Anarchist]

Hmm i think i would have to choose death, it seems like a much better alternative.

[ComradeMan]

So we have...

1. Lenin
2. Trotsky
3. Fidel

An interesting triumvirate that would be....
:cool:

[revolution inaction]

I see other/none is winning :thumbup1:

[REVLEFT'S BIEGGST MATSER TROL]

Calm down. It's not like I'm singing from the rooftops about how rightous the killing of the workers at Kronstadt was or anything. It's just a crappy poll with a lot of authoritarian shitheads, so I chose the least authoritarian shithead.

How was Lenin an authoritarian shithead? Not that I want to start some tendency war here, but I think he was libertarian on all social issues, so I'm not sure where you are coming from? :S

Also, i'd vote for Che. Yeah.

[RadioRaheem84]

Chavez is not a dictator.

[revolution inaction]

How was Lenin an authoritarian shithead? Not that I want to start some tendency war here, but I think he was libertarian on all social issues, so I'm not sure where you are coming from? :S

He said some libertarian sounding stuff in some of the stuff he wrote, but in practice he was authoritarian, as can be seen by what he and the bolsheviks did when in power, the bolsheviks and workers control (http://libcom.org/library/the-bolsheviks-and-workers-control-solidarity-group) is a good place to start.

[Hiero]

It is impossible to vote. For instance I wouldn't want to live in Russia or China under Mao, but I think they did the best job any socialist leader could (any capitalist leader would have made things worse for the general population).

These leaders are people in time in specific conditions. Conditions I ideally would not like to find myself in. At current if I was exiled and to be arrested in any Western nation I would look for political asylum in Cuba, DPRK, China or Vietnam.