I think that the USSR would be best described as a bureaucratic collectivist society composed of a coordinator class and a worker class primarily. I find myself tending to agree with Michael Albert's analyses of the USSR in terms of what happened and why.
I'm also watching that video again.
Lol. My speakers have been having issues and it's a question that I have not yet settled. Do you have skype? It would be easier to discuss it that way I think.
Oh, and are you familiar with Hillel Ticktin's "non-mode of production" theory? What do you think of it?
Have you heard of the book Western Marxism and the Soviet Union? It's an overview of all of the different theories regarding the class nature of the SU.
I can't remember if I answered your question so I'll try it again. Answering with one word is impossible for me at the moment, since all that I can say is that in the USSR there were classes and there was a dictatorship of one: namely the co-ordinator class or bureaucrats. It wasn't Socialist but it wasn't Capitalist either. Many seem to think that it's a binary thing but there's so many options.
What do you think the USSR was as far as mode of production?
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Cool. I definitely check it out.
It's a good interview too. He actually talks plainly and honestly in it for once.
