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Hope you like socialism (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I would probably call myself a marxist if tankies hadn’t so thoroughly stained the term.

So you've read Marx and Engles and agree with them?

Edit: I am also well aware that there were unions in the soviet union, hence the name

No actually. The Soviet Union was a union of national republics, hence the name.

I want to "throw" Soviet Democracy at you, but I haven't finished my epub of it yet... I should get on it.
Oh, I have This Soviet World. Doesn't go into as much detail, but does go over it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No actually. The Soviet Union was a union of national republics, hence the name.

Ah, I misremembered. I thought soviet meant council as in a union.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yes. Soviet does mean council. I misinterpreted what you were saying.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Soviets were "units." Not the same as unions, they were horizontal units that elected delegates from among themselves to participate in soviets of soviets vertically. I have a diagram linked in my other comment.