u/SunTzadik - originally from r/GenZhou
How is killing a centrist social democrat spreading propaganda a bad thing? Lenin did the same type of shit during the Red terror campaign and yet this sub praises him.
The cultural revolution also had similar “adventurist violence” but it is still considered a good thing in this subreddit. I don’t have much of an opinion on the Shining Path but you guys should try to be consistent with your politics.
How is killing a centrist social democrat spreading propaganda a bad thing? Lenin did the same type of shit during the Red terror campaign and yet this sub praises him.
Can you show me where Lenin took a very small band of an unpopular organization to kill random random civilians to ends that in no way furthered the cause of the party but purely out of vengeance?
This wasn’t violence against a state and it was not carried out by the proletariat so it had nothing to do with class struggle. It was violence from a political party that in no way way represented the proletariat, was a small and fringe party, and was acts of vengeance against people who criticized them.
Communists are supposed to represent the will of the proletariat. If you believe that the entire proletariat has to already be hardcore communists to have a revolution, you will never have one. Many are inevitably not going to be experts in politics and some might be centrists. If they were actually Maoists, they would win people over through mass line. Not blowing people up who disagree with them.
They never won over regular people, they just killed them. Their party literally was 3000 members at its height. That’s nothing.
The cultural revolution also had similar “adventurist violence” but it is still considered a good thing in this subreddit.
Well this is a so-called “Dengist” subreddit so people here have a mixed view on the Cultural Revolution. I don’t think people here glorify the violence and putting the country in a state of civil war. It was Mao’s own chosen successor who ended the Cultural Revolution because even Mao was aware that it did more harm than good towards the end of his life.
I don’t have much of an opinion on the Shining Path but you guys should try to be consistent with your politics.
I’m not inconsistent for saying propaganda of the deed is bad. This is a very old Marxist viewpoint that goes back for ages.
u/SunTzadik - originally from r/GenZhouHow is killing a centrist social democrat spreading propaganda a bad thing? Lenin did the same type of shit during the Red terror campaign and yet this sub praises him.
The cultural revolution also had similar “adventurist violence” but it is still considered a good thing in this subreddit. I don’t have much of an opinion on the Shining Path but you guys should try to be consistent with your politics.
u/aimixin - originally from r/GenZhouCan you show me where Lenin took a very small band of an unpopular organization to kill random random civilians to ends that in no way furthered the cause of the party but purely out of vengeance?
This wasn’t violence against a state and it was not carried out by the proletariat so it had nothing to do with class struggle. It was violence from a political party that in no way way represented the proletariat, was a small and fringe party, and was acts of vengeance against people who criticized them.
Communists are supposed to represent the will of the proletariat. If you believe that the entire proletariat has to already be hardcore communists to have a revolution, you will never have one. Many are inevitably not going to be experts in politics and some might be centrists. If they were actually Maoists, they would win people over through mass line. Not blowing people up who disagree with them.
They never won over regular people, they just killed them. Their party literally was 3000 members at its height. That’s nothing.
Well this is a so-called “Dengist” subreddit so people here have a mixed view on the Cultural Revolution. I don’t think people here glorify the violence and putting the country in a state of civil war. It was Mao’s own chosen successor who ended the Cultural Revolution because even Mao was aware that it did more harm than good towards the end of his life.
I’m not inconsistent for saying propaganda of the deed is bad. This is a very old Marxist viewpoint that goes back for ages.
u/towaway791 - originally from r/GenZhoucitations needed.