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minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 hours agoI think the obsession with “purity” is just dogmatism, though. Systems are what they are, not some form of pure distilled ideology.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 hours agoThen maybe instead of calling it “communism”, we should call each version something that reflects the actual system and not the end goal? “Vanguardism” maybe?
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 hours agoWe already call “Marxism-Leninism,” well, Marxism-Leninism, which includes both the system and the end goal.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 hours agoFair enough. I’ll start just calling it that instead of “communism”.
I think the obsession with “purity” is just dogmatism, though. Systems are what they are, not some form of pure distilled ideology.
Then maybe instead of calling it “communism”, we should call each version something that reflects the actual system and not the end goal? “Vanguardism” maybe?
We already call “Marxism-Leninism,” well, Marxism-Leninism, which includes both the system and the end goal.
Fair enough. I’ll start just calling it that instead of “communism”.