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minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·12 days agoIt’s theorized that a state is necessary to transition to communism, but communism itself would be stateless by definition.
minus-squareYliaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·12 days agoThe state will never dissolve itself.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·12 days agoPerhaps, that theory may be incorrect. That doesn’t change the definition of communism as stateless, though.
minus-squareYliaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·12 days agoDefinitions don’t mean anything if they don’t represent how it functions in practice
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoIf it isn’t stateless, it isn’t communism in practice. The various “communist” parties have called themselves that because it was their stated end goal, not because they actually practiced the concept.
minus-squareYliaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 days agoMany MLs believe that communism ends on a stateless goal but that it requires a state to get there Is that not true?
It’s theorized that a state is necessary to transition to communism, but communism itself would be stateless by definition.
The state will never dissolve itself.
Perhaps, that theory may be incorrect. That doesn’t change the definition of communism as stateless, though.
Definitions don’t mean anything if they don’t represent how it functions in practice
If it isn’t stateless, it isn’t communism in practice. The various “communist” parties have called themselves that because it was their stated end goal, not because they actually practiced the concept.
Many MLs believe that communism ends on a stateless goal but that it requires a state to get there
Is that not true?