There was a communist mayor of Winnipeg at one point, IIRC.
Please, tell us more.
There was a communist mayor of Winnipeg at one point, IIRC.
You might want to think more carefully about your use of the word 'glories.' They did lose that war, after all. Pretty badly, too.
That it was a 3 year war instead of a straight up and down fascist coup, is solely attributable to the Anarchist militia in the first few days. See Jello's response for more detail.
Taking a long time to lose doesn't mean you didn't lose. The Confederate States of America stuck it out for four years, but that doesn't mean that democratic oligarchy is a great form of government.
Stalin beat Hitler, does that mean Stalinism is a great form of government? My point is that the Anarchists made a real fight out of it, and while the Anarchist control lasted, according to the books I've read, it was the next best thing to paradise.
And that has to do with the thread - what exactly?
All of the communist states ever (USSR, China, Cuba, etc) where some kind of dictatorial. communism is not contradictory to democratism, so I always wondered why there never was a democratic communist state.
The POD must be after 1900 (or this post wasn't in this forum). Good luck, un-revolutionary communists!
Really? Really???
Yes, really. Have you read the thread at all? As Ive said, Leninism (i.e. the doctrine of the revolutionary vanguard party elite) is anti-demopcratic, but Marxism as a broader spectrum need not be. So theres no point in your anti-communist rhethorics. Democratic communism can work (though I still wouldnt exactly expect it to have an exceptionalyl prosperous economy...)
Er... isn't that a quote from a communist about what she thinks about freedom? That is, a confirmation of your stance that Marxism, indeed, Communism, need not be anti-democratic just because Leninism is.Yes, really. Have you read the thread at all? As Ive said, Leninism (i.e. the doctrine of the revolutionary vanguard party elite) is anti-demopcratic, but Marxism as a broader spectrum need not be. So theres no point in your anti-communist rhethorics. Democratic communism can work (though I still wouldnt exactly expect it to have an exceptionalyl prosperous economy...)
Which books would those be, if I might ask?
Oh for... goddamn, sorry all.I didnt recognice Luxemburg. Damn, on that photo she even looks vaguely East Asian... damn, again, sorry
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