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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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[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

This comment reminds me of some old "left unity" spaces I used to go to in my teenage anarchist days. That quickly turned into ML spaces. It was surreal to watch happen. Yeah, that's the thing. There's stuff both sides can learn from each other, despite being an ML now I definitely still have a soft spot for the more rational libertarian socialist types because I don't think my teenage self was entirely wrong, and if you want a strong leftist anything, we gotta be cool with each other.