I don’t understand this comment. The Soviet Union was a socialist project that failed to create a stateless classless moneyless society, but did plenty of things to advance the position of workers. What exactly is the US doing now that is similar to the Soviet Union?
To be clear, the USSR did not “fail to reach communism,” reaching such a stateless, classless, moneyless society must be worldwide. The USSR merely established the pre-requisites for such a society in Eastern Europe. The entire world must turn socialist first before communism can be established.
The USSR was anti-imperialist. It neither committed imperialism as Marxists understand it as a stage of monopoly capitalism, nor did it imperialize in the colloquial sense. The Soviet Union’s anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism earned it the severe ire of the capitalist world, as they directly harmed western superprofits by propping up revolutions around the world against colonialism and imperialism.
I don’t understand this comment. The Soviet Union was a socialist project that failed to create a stateless classless moneyless society, but did plenty of things to advance the position of workers. What exactly is the US doing now that is similar to the Soviet Union?
To be clear, the USSR did not “fail to reach communism,” reaching such a stateless, classless, moneyless society must be worldwide. The USSR merely established the pre-requisites for such a society in Eastern Europe. The entire world must turn socialist first before communism can be established.
Being imperialist
The USSR was anti-imperialist. It neither committed imperialism as Marxists understand it as a stage of monopoly capitalism, nor did it imperialize in the colloquial sense. The Soviet Union’s anti-imperialism and anti-colonialism earned it the severe ire of the capitalist world, as they directly harmed western superprofits by propping up revolutions around the world against colonialism and imperialism.
I’m stealing this.
Either you’re replying to the wrong comment, or you need to go back and reread the comments you did reply to