gojkor (Who sounds like a liberal.) said: > > It seems , in this group , there is no problem that in all those socialist > countries, countries were run by dictators, as Stalin, Tito, Castro where > any opposition or critique was not possible. Here I am talking of critique > from the left position, from people who belonged to the same movement, but > they were removed from their positions when they did not agree with their > leader. No problem that Castro was replaced by his brother, because he did > not trust to anybody else.
There are actual communists both on this list ,and in the USA. Communists like myself who do not think of Castro, Mao, the leaders of the Venezuela, the USSR and DPRK as "dictators", or buy into the line communism is "totalitarian". I happen to believe the US is one of, if not the most, undemocratic countries in the world. The USA is not a democracy, where the working class voter has a say in how this country is run. The US was founded as a country to be run by an elitist ,oligarchical ruling class, and this is the way it has been for the last 245 years. From the establisment of Electoral College, to the establishment of lobbyists, through Citizens United, there have .measures enacted to keep the working class from participating in the governing of this country. Should a populist candidate that has the interest of the poor and working class gain any traction in an election, there are sophisticated means of manipulating elections, or comitting outright fraud to keep the candiate from winning, be they on the left or on the right. If such a candidate does get into office, be they a Ron Paul or a Bernie Sanders, they are denied having any real say in what laws are passed, if said laws go against the wishes of the capitalist ruling class. Either that or they quickly change their tune once they get into office, and are assimilated into the oligarchical Borg, so to speak. The lack of a parliamentary system, keeps independent "third" parties out from growing to the point where they might actually change the sysyem, whether those parties be on the left or on the right, think the Libertarian or the Constitution Parties. As a communist, I'd support a Libertarian over a Democrat any day of the week. What we have is a system designed by a ruling class, both to keep their oppressive, oligarchical capitalist system in place, and force this system upon the rest of the world, through imperialist warfare. Whether that warfare is physical, with troops and bombs, or economic, with sanctions, it makes no difference. It's all the same. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6938): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6938 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80900386/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
