Yes I’d agree. However, often when I talk to ML’s both IRL and in separate internet communities they do not have principled views of socialist and ex socialist states. So for example instead of criticizing China/Vietnam/Cuba/USSR/etc from the perspective of a Marxist they will instead parrot these anti-communist and bourgeoisie talking points that do nothing but support distortions of facts in favor of imperialist states. A good example of this is communists who do not wish to push back on the “Stalin killed 20 million people” and instead will tell the person they are in dialogue with that “oh well if we ignore that and look at the other parts of the soviet union blah blah blah” because it inherently supports the view of the false narrative.
When I say in practice I mean that on a day to day basis I am analyzing socialism and attempts at it no matter where they come from although I still believe that ML is the clearest and best way to achieve socialism and eventually communism. I don’t disagree with you at all I just like to emphasize scientific socialism as the lens I view the world with even if ML’s by default should already be doing that. I feel like that perspective is often thrown away for dogmatic ideology bashing/supporting.
Scientific Socialist in practice. ML in Theory.
ML is already scientific, though.
Yes I’d agree. However, often when I talk to ML’s both IRL and in separate internet communities they do not have principled views of socialist and ex socialist states. So for example instead of criticizing China/Vietnam/Cuba/USSR/etc from the perspective of a Marxist they will instead parrot these anti-communist and bourgeoisie talking points that do nothing but support distortions of facts in favor of imperialist states. A good example of this is communists who do not wish to push back on the “Stalin killed 20 million people” and instead will tell the person they are in dialogue with that “oh well if we ignore that and look at the other parts of the soviet union blah blah blah” because it inherently supports the view of the false narrative.
When I say in practice I mean that on a day to day basis I am analyzing socialism and attempts at it no matter where they come from although I still believe that ML is the clearest and best way to achieve socialism and eventually communism. I don’t disagree with you at all I just like to emphasize scientific socialism as the lens I view the world with even if ML’s by default should already be doing that. I feel like that perspective is often thrown away for dogmatic ideology bashing/supporting.