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u/KiyoKei - originally from r/GenZhou
https://lemmygrad.ml/post/178267

u/Fusion_Reborn - originally from r/GenZhou
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u/Radiant_Ad_1851 - originally from r/GenZhou
I need to get some facts straight for something coming up.

So, what I remember is that Khrushchev is blamed as the catalyst for the fall of the Soviet Union(in Marxist Leninist circles) mainly because

A.He reintroduced the anarchy of production when it was sorely unneeded, allowing things like the Brezhnev Stagnation to happen

B.Removed the dictatorship of the proletariat, which allowed for a new class of people to own the means of production, which then incentivized the reintroduction of the capitalist system like we saw in 1991.

C.The secret speech that caused some party members like Gorbachev and Yeltsin to be completely dissolutions with Communism

I know this is a vast oversimplification, but is this basic line of thought correct, am I going in the complete wrong direction, or am I just forgetting a few things?

Edit:Where in the hell did I get this information from?!

u/JITTERdUdE - originally from r/GenZhou
I’ve been wondering lately how this would work, as I know the idea is that many institutions that are governed by the state would be run entirely by the people. However, I’m wondering how this would work. How would these institutions operate without a state? What does it mean to be run by the people? How is it any different from what anarchists envision?

u/ZhongguoGraecia - originally from r/GenZhou
If you have simple questions regarding China, Marxism, etc. that do not deserve a post you may ask them here.

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u/ThePeoplesBadger - originally from r/GenZhou
Unfortunately, my knowledge of the conflict is very limited and the US media, surprise surprise, has almost entirely ignored the war and devastation going on there.

Does anyone have good resources which seek to explain the history of the conflict, the material conditions leading up to it, the material conditions during the lifetime of the conflict, and the material conditions now on the ground?

All I know is that Islamic extremists (ISIS? Salafism? Wahhabism?) are involved, it seems that Syria and Russia have been working together against them, and the US is doing its "drone strike everything" military strategy. I know that people are starving, I know that entire cities have been completely destroyed, and I assume that the West is interested in ousting Assad by any means necessary.

I know that absolutely awful things are going on over there and then the US and West are very involved in the horrors but are engaged in a media blackout on the realities of the conflict.

u/MarsLowell - originally from r/GenZhou
I’ve been trying to come up with a more concise answer to why prices have risen, as opposed to just “it’s complicated”. Popular liberal narrative has been trying to simply reduce it to “printing more money bad” and thus something something we shouldn’t help the poors, but we know the more expansive reasoning behind it (strained supply chains, deprecating value of commodities, etc).

I suppose the question is, where can I find good “in summary” explanations from a Marxist-Leninist perspective?

u/YahyaFaizan - originally from r/GenZhou

u/Original-Vivid - originally from r/GenZhou

u/Revolutionary_Cat30 - originally from r/GenZhou

u/Jane_Is_Trans - originally from r/GenZhou

u/Rayiull - originally from r/GenZhou
I saw a video someone recommended here or on the other sub that explained how FIAT works, how an economically sovereign country can print relatively infinite money without repercussion, and it also explained how money got value due to taxation and a menace of violence; examples with Japan and their 200% debt to GDP ratio, UK and the head of the National Bank explaining how they could print x amount of money for the government, etc.

I found the video to be really good and, shame on me, forgot to save it.

Infinite amount of gratitude for the one that shares the video with me and the sub.

u/Unclerickythemaoist - originally from r/GenZhou
Which “communist” parties in the United States are Liberal

u/AdventurousAd9522 - originally from r/GenZhou
a) democracy in AES states. Not just workplace democracy, but structural power too

b) how capitalist media is propaganda, I’ve read some about how certain media is propaganda, but moreso id like to find an analysis of why western media is prone to being propaganda

c) literally anything to read on cuba, I’m binging podcasts on cuba and would love to perhaps write a paper about it for personal purposes

d) historical walkthrough of the Cold War from leftist perspectives

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u/Kretenkobr2 - originally from r/GenZhou
I cannot find a single comprehensive map, might need to create it myself, but that is too tedious. Does anyone here have any African maps from 1600 or before?

u/DaScotishDragon - originally from r/GenZhou
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u/A-V-A-Weyland - originally from r/GenZhou
After 2 years of reading foremostly Socialist theory and getting fascinated by the project that is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics, I needed a pallet cleanser and told myself to read some fiction and mellow myself down a bit so that I stop bumming out my friends so much.

What has come to my attention, though, is that I found it very hard to find fiction in a fantasy setting that is centred around the improvement of the lives of people other than for the protagonist to show how amazing of a person they are to the reader. And I'm saying "Western" fantasy novels because most Eastern fantasy novels (Wuxia/Xianxia) revolve around the protagonist trying to attain enlightenment to achieve immortality.

I understand that fantasy books exist for the purpose of escapism, but surely some have been written that try and promote socialist ideals? And while the material conditions for a proletarian revolution might be hard to come by in a fantasy world where the inhabitants are often merely at the onset of industrialization and the sprouts of capitalism have barely been sown; why no socialism? Especially with the rise in popularity of genres where the protagonist is born into another world with the memories of their previous life is intact; why aren't they doing anything to disrupt the rigid class society in the worlds these stories are set in?

Does anyone have any suggestions/opinions?

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u/BlueOwl8 - originally from r/GenZhou

u/FaZe_salad - originally from r/GenZhou
r/genzedong

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The community cannot be killed. Just remember the other tankie subreddits (that I will not name). We always come back.

This subreddit, however, will retain the same purpose as an educational space, it will not replace genzedong. No changes will be made on genzhou.

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u/swerschh - originally from r/GenZhou
Hey guys, I want to get a more in depth understanding of SwCC and what better place to learn than Deng himself! Are there any books/essays he wrote that is most necessary to read? Thank you for any recommendations <3