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In reply to the discussion: What is your opinion about Marxism? [View all]DireStrike
(6,452 posts)1) Perhaps those states weren't following Marxism.
2) Perhaps Marx was overly optimistic, and material conditions did not permit Marxism to be realized at the time. After all, how can you have a dictatorship of an entire social class, rather than of some supposed representatives of that class, in a country like 1917 Russia? What if they had the internet, and the next huge social advancements that are sure to come eventually?
3) Perhaps at least some of these states were formed with good intentions and did their best, but Capitalism managed to hold on to enough wealth and power that it won an essentially military victory. In that case, concluding that Capitalism is a better system is akin to saying "might makes right".
4) Maybe the anarchists are correct and "Marxism" doesn't work, however alternative methods to achieve the same superior economic system exist.
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