Fair enough. Military support usually means foreign intervention in this coontext, so I wasn't sure what you were advocating.
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Fair enough. Military support usually means...Fair enough. Military support usually means foreign intervention in this coontext, so I wasn't sure what you were advocating.
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And even if evolution favored selfish trends, it...And even if evolution favored selfish trends, it happens so incrementally over such a vast period of time---with a considerable reliance on other factors such as changes in climate and even sudden...
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From whom?
And what possible answer could...From whom?
And what possible answer could there be that doesn't advocate imperialism?
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First of all, that logic doesn't follow, because...First of all, that logic doesn't follow, because supporting anti-monopolism in spite of capitalism isn't the same as supporting anti-imperialism in spite of capitalism.
Second of all, nobody...
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Ismail referenced the quote. Are you questioning...Ismail referenced the quote. Are you questioning the existence of the quote simply because Ismail didn't directly put it into his reply. Your whole argument is predicated on the notion that the quote...
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They're not doing exactly what imperialists would...They're not doing exactly what imperialists would do. That's an absurd level of sectarianism. We're against imperialism because it's a function of capitalism, not simply because it oppresses people....
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You don't. It's simply an acknowledgement that...You don't. It's simply an acknowledgement that they're outside of the imperialist order, which is remarkable in this day and age. I don't think supporting their anti-imperialism means supporting...
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I think I personally would refer to the less...I think I personally would refer to the less doctrinaire ones as such, depending on the attendees.
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You're missing the point. The implication of what...You're missing the point. The implication of what Khrushchev said is the same as if he were to take an instance of capitalism staving off collapse, and use it to claim capitalism could go on forever....
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Yes he did, on the first page. You retorted that...Yes he did, on the first page. You retorted that Stalin said the same thing, and produced a quote of him saying something different. World wars and imperialist wars are clearly different. That's not...
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None. I merely referred to world wars as global...None. I merely referred to world wars as global wars---a common appelation, which seems to have thrown you into confusion. Are you still able to follow along?
We're debating to the distinction...
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If Mugabe had built a command economy from the...If Mugabe had built a command economy from the outset, there never would have been hyperinflation. He was always infatuated with China, so he tried to mimic the "market socialism" there, but seems to...
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Stalin was referring to a global war, and...Stalin was referring to a global war, and Khrushchev was referring to wars of imperialism in general. Two distinct concepts, which you merged together for some reason.
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Stalin was a member of the Petrograd MRC. I don't...Stalin was a member of the Petrograd MRC. I don't see how that's much less relevant than Trotsky's role, or how Trotsky's role---dutifully inflated in his own writing---is as important as Lenin's...
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That's a rather shallow, immature rationale.That's a rather shallow, immature rationale.
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He was chairman of the Petrograd Soviet, which...He was chairman of the Petrograd Soviet, which established the MRC. Antonov-Ovseenko and Podvoisky did the leg work in the MRC. In any case, the insurrection was organized by Lenin from the Smolny...
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That's stretching the truth.That's stretching the truth.
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OK, then. If you mean the crackpots inside the...OK, then. If you mean the crackpots inside the KFA who actually think the DPRK is a paradise, you're right. Those people are disgusting conspiracy theorists. However, I don't believe any of them are...
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You're off the mark here, Ace High. I think it...You're off the mark here, Ace High. I think it needs to be made clear that the bad conditions there are exaggerated, not that the DPRK is in good shape. I never "praised" them, and comparing me to...
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Really, people. This stuff about the DPRK being a...Really, people. This stuff about the DPRK being a hellhole (relatively speaking) is overwrought. I'm not arguing that the DPRK is actually socialist, but the notion that they have full-blown...
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I would expect that kind of remark from an...I would expect that kind of remark from an anarchist.
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The DPRK is in rather bad shape, and the Kims are...The DPRK is in rather bad shape, and the Kims are rather unsavory---I doubt any of them were ever sincerely Marxist. As well, it would be preferable if they became an actual socialist state, as...
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Good article. What Xi says is certainly honey to...Good article. What Xi says is certainly honey to the ears---the idea of the largest and soon-to-be wealthiest country in the world actually adhering to Marxist-Leninist norms is tantalizing---but the...
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Implying that such states exist objectively? I...Implying that such states exist objectively? I think it implies that they exist subjectively in the mind of the person doing the dividing. My point is that they would have to, as opposed to the...
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I believe he was in the Reichstag---presumably at...I believe he was in the Reichstag---presumably at the top of the Nazi list, since he was the party leader.