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minus-squareBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down10·1 month agoThis would go harder without the hammer and sickle. Communism didnt fail; the ussr did.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·1 month agoThe Hammer & Sickle is the symbol of Marxism-Leninism, not just the USSR. There are several Marxist-Leninist states to this day, including the PRC, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and the DPRK.
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoIs the PRC still communist though?
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 month agoYes. They are more classically Marxist now, than they were in the late Mao and Gang of Four period. I elaborated on that, here.
minus-squareBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 month agoMy point remains valid.
minus-squareBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoNaw you’re just pedantic.
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoI’m not sure you know what “pedantic” means
minus-squareBrilliantantTurd4361@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month agoOh snap 🙄
minus-squareBrainInABox@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThat wasn’t a zinger, I actually don’t think you do
minus-squarem532@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoWho else would rip capitalism out at the root?
This would go harder without the hammer and sickle. Communism didnt fail; the ussr did.
The Hammer & Sickle is the symbol of Marxism-Leninism, not just the USSR. There are several Marxist-Leninist states to this day, including the PRC, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, and the DPRK.
Is the PRC still communist though?
Yes. They are more classically Marxist now, than they were in the late Mao and Gang of Four period. I elaborated on that, here.
No
My point remains valid.
It wasn’t to start with
Naw you’re just pedantic.
I’m not sure you know what “pedantic” means
Oh snap 🙄
That wasn’t a zinger, I actually don’t think you do
Who else would rip capitalism out at the root?