Big project: Making a FAQ together

[Subversive Pessimist]

So, I thought that we could make an FAQ together. :)

I thought we could begin with inserting the questions.. Here are my proposals.

What is the difference between Marxism-Leninism, Maoism, Trotskysm, Democratic Socialism, etc. ?


What is Marxism:

What is Marxism-Leninism:

What is Maoism:

What is Trotskyism:

How is the word Communist used as opposed to communist. How is the word Socialist as opposed to the word socialist? How do these relate and what are the different uses:

What is the difference between Anarchy and Marxism. Can an Anarchist be a Marxist?:

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What is social democracy:

What is democratic socialism:

What is Liberalism:

What does it mean to be Leftist:

What is Bolivarianism:

What is Baathism:

What is a welfare state:

What is Juche:



Contested terms:


What does one mean by "Stalinism:"

What does one mean by Revisionism, Anti-Revisionism:

What does one mean by a deformed workers state:

What does one mean by market socialism:

What does one mean by a mixed economy:

What does one mean by state-capitalism:

What does one mean by vanguardism:

What does one mean by authoritarianism:


What was the Paris Commune:

What happened in Russia in 1905:

What happened in "october" of 1917 in Russia:

What events took place in 1968:

What events took place in 1989:

What events took place in 1991:

What events took place in 1993:


What is the Communists' stance on private property?

What are the benefits of having a Communist society? (ie, what's the deal?)


Did Karl Marx invent Communism?

What is the difference between communism and Communism?

What is 'dialectical materialism'?

what is scientific communism?


How does communists hold the value of material possessions and 'richness' and how communism deals specifically with such.


1. How do the social classes marx spoke about relate to the social classes of today? e.g.. Is a self employed electrician petit bourgeous and a waged electrican proleteriat , even if their income is the same ?

What is imperialism?

What is social( socio? ) chauvinism?

Why did the Soviet union split with China?

Is Fidel Castro a Marxist-Leninist?

Is Hugo Chavez a marxist of any kind?

Why has socialism generally failed in the 3rd world?

Is the Libyan president ( dang if I can spell his name) a marxist of any kind?

What is dialetical-materialism?

What is fascism?


How does Leninism differ from Marxism, and how does their synthesis(Marxist-Leninism) function?


What is the "tragedy of the commons"

Are you free to leave under a Communistic society?

How are the rights of the minority protected from a dictatorship of the majority?

In the absense of property rights, how do you prevent a "tragedy of the commons" from occurring?

Why has every hitherto "Communist" revolution resulted in having a party convey and expropriate the power of the proletariat into their own hands? Examples include USSR, Cuba, China, Poland, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Nepal, Ethiopia, Vietnam, Cambodia, North Korea, Bulgaria, etc...

[The Feral Underclass]

That certianly a big list of questions.

Where would it go?

The problem is, many of the questions, if not all of them, will be answered differently by people who all claim to be communist etc. If you want an Anarchist FAQ, then fine, if you want a Leninist FAQ then that's something compeltely different?

[Subversive Pessimist]

If people are going to co-operate together in the future, and do so even with different viewpoints, this would be a good start.
The list will be used, at least in my community, to educate people on communism and the likes. Therefore, we create it together, and everyone who wants, can use it to educate people.


We would of course have different answers on the very same questions. This is not something bad, in fact, it can turn out to be good.

One answer from the Marxist
One from the Leninist
One from the Anarchist etc.

That way the person who will be reading the FAQ can recognize the different characters, and then choose their own answer, and so they will have a broader understanding.

[Subversive Pessimist]

Why don't we begin with these? :)

What does one mean by vanguardism?

What is the difference between communism and Communism?

[monkeydust]

What is the difference between communism and Communism?

communism and Communism are often assumed to be the same, though differences pervade througout the tenets of each ideology.

That is not to say that communism or Communism are hermetically sealed subjects, the two often overlap; and the line to draw between communism and Communism is often a hard one to pinpoint.

What makes a communist a communist and not a Communist?

And what makes a Communist a Communist and not a communist?

These are difficult questions, though I shall not answer them here, for I have not the time or the wont.

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2004, 10:05 PM
These are difficult questions, though I shall not answer them here, for I have not the time or the wont.
Me thinks the lady doth protest to much!

I would be willing to throw my two bit in if it was required of me. Anything to help those with no idea.

[monkeydust]

Me thinks the lady doth protest to much!

I would be willing to throw my two bit in if it was required of me. Anything to help those with no idea.

I was only joking over Justice's typo.

Seriously though, I will be able to help (possibly) in a couple of weeks. Only I have exams very soon, so I'm trying (with little success) to concentrate on that right now.

[Don't Change Your Name]

I'll reply some questions here with my views, but not with those two (maybe later). Good idea btw.


What is the difference between Anarchy and Marxism.

Marxists think that the state is necessary for a transition from capitalism to communism, and to defend the revolution from possible reactions by the bourgeoisie.


Can an Anarchist be a Marxist?:

It is possible. Usually Anarchists think that the idea of the "Workers State" and of the "dictatorship of the proletariat" are not necessary and could be inefficient, counter-revolutionary and end up becoming a "dictatorship over the proletariate", with the creation of a new class. There are also some other smaller differences with Marxism but still an Anarchist can be pretty close to Marxism.


What is fascism?

Fascism is a political system that holds the nation, the state and authority as the most important values. Fascism is an authoritarian and usually militarist system, which emphasizes the nation's progress, usually supporting the notion that the nation exists thanks to the state, and that it needs good leaders to help it. Fascism protects private property and keeps the capitalist market but tries to control it through a corporatist system to ensure that both the bourgeois and proletarian classes cooperate to help "the Nation's interests".
Fascist regimes are usually associated with authoritarianism, imperialist nationalism, militarism, corporatism, Social Darwinist-styled ideas ("the strong should survive and the weak should perish"), chauvinism, totalitarianism, and sometimes excessive patriotism and racism.
Fascist regimes tend to attack different minorities and they search scapegoats (usually leftists, foreigners, Jews, liberals, "trouble-makers", disabled people, other races, certain religious groups, etc.) who they attack and blame a lot for the nation's problems.
Fascism is usually socially conservative and associated with feudalism. Fascist regimes generate great concentration of power and use a lot of propaganda and repression.
Most leftists recognize fascism as a reactionary system which usually appears as a reaction to a capitalist crisis and the advance or spread of leftists ideas and actions (workers taking factories, for example).



I'll try to post some other definitions later.

[Subversive Pessimist]

Thanks. I think this will be a good. Different people with different opinions working on the same, big project. That's great:)

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 28 2004, 12:33 AM
Only I have exams very soon, so I'm trying (with little success) to concentrate on that right now.
how dare you have a life outside of che-lives....

[monkeydust]

how dare you have a life outside of che-lives....

Sorry....I need some qualifications, else I'll forever work for £4.00 an hour and won't be able to to go on Che-lives at all.

Anyway.

How dare you have a life outside che-lives?