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Does "Stalinism" actually exist? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago by alexei_1917@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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My dad called me one last week. I told him I'm not even a communist, just a moderate social democrat who likes Soviet symbols for the shock value. (Not true, I'm a Marxist-Leninist, but gotta keep the peace with family, IYKYK.) But now I'm wondering, is "Stalinism" even a thing? Are any of you bears "Stalinists"?

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[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 28 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hoxhaists call themselfs stalinists

“The modern revisionists and reactionaries call us Stalinists, thinking that they insult us and, in fact, that is what they have in mind. But, on the contrary, they glorify us with this epithet; it is an honor for us to be Stalinists for while we maintain such a stand the enemy cannot and will never force us to our knees.”

– Enver Hoxha, Selected Works Vol. IV, pp. 234-235

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well, in that context, that Stalinism is just anti revisionism, and knowing that I've called myself a Hoxhaist as a bit before (as part of jokes about bunkers, because I live in a basement), I guess I am a Stalinist and the guy wasn't wrong.

(Not that I actually know what Hoxhaism is. Lol. I just think the bunkers are a good bit.)