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IrishAyes

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8. In the popular mind he IS the face of communism. I never said he's actually its

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #7)

Mon Aug 4, 2014, 11:24 PM

Aug 2014

prime example. There can be a gap between reality and perception.

Sometimes it's a good idea to read my statements carefully for what they are, not what you might imagine them to be.

That said, Putin does not appear to be what I'd consider a good communist. Which still doesn't mean he isn't one at all.

If we don't string this out to an endless and useless debate about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin, I'd be interested briefly in knowing what you do consider Putin to be. In addition to a xenophobic, blustery dictator, that is.

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Intro to a left wing, anti-Capitalist, online political group! [View all] AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 OP

not a chance. young people are divided and dumbed down. they never read thomas paine in high school. Adam051188 Aug 2014 #1

looks like a rehash of late 60's early 70's marxist revolutionary nonsense. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #2

So please explain to me what is wrong with Marxism... AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #3

revolutionary marxism has lots of problems. so does marxist leninst totalitarianism. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #6

Marxism-Leninism is not totalitarian AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #11

Of for fucks sake yes it is and was. Right from the start the bolshevics were totalitarians. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #14

Yes, Trotsky was a Leninist so he had no problem with the vanguard party AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #20

The civil war was over by 1922. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #23

Answer: Hegel. beerandjesus Aug 2014 #16

Quite apart from the wrong or right of your organization, IrishAyes Aug 2014 #4

putin is not "the face of communism". he isn't a communist. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #7

In the popular mind he IS the face of communism. I never said he's actually its IrishAyes Aug 2014 #8

Sounds sort of bullshitty to me. Warren Stupidity Aug 2014 #13

Your reply demonstrating once again that you have ABSOLUTELY NO ANSWER TO THE QUESTION! IrishAyes Aug 2014 #15

LOL, Putin is NOT a Communist! AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #10

Same question and response as I gave the other guy. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #12

Putin is the representative of... AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #17

At last a direct, non-waffling response. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #18

He's only the face of Communism to people who don't understand Communism. AProgressiveThinker Aug 2014 #19

And when did I ever indicate the general public understands Communism? Never. IrishAyes Aug 2014 #21

Oh, I quite forgot to mention one other thing earlier; IrishAyes Aug 2014 #22

Never have believed in the swilton Aug 2014 #5

True; although social media has been the vehicle of mass social change and even IrishAyes Aug 2014 #9