Russian Revolution - Emma Goldman

[1871]

My points are in white italic and Ive ammended them.

To Marxs credit he is quite open and honest - even though it is insane. We merely need to take him at his word;

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“There are, besides, eternal truths, such as Freedom, Justice, etc., that are common to all states of society. But Communism abolishes eternal truths, it abolishes all religion, and all morality, instead of constituting them on a new basis; it therefore acts in contradiction to all past historical experience.” - Marx

So if freedom and justice are eternal truths he openly states that communism (his communism) abolishes the eternal truth of freedom and justice.

Texs threads - (worth watching) discuss the principle of the 'initiation of force' being a transgression of a kind of natural freedom. In Marxes vision who will do the 'abolishing' ? He explicitly states it will be the proletariat who are organised by the Communist vanguard. There are just too many contradictions.

He openly states it will be despotic;

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'Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads on the rights of property', - Marx

So if someone makes a chair for instance with their own labour which they call their own property they can be called bourgeios (a catch all phrase since it was used as a word to identify anyone who displeased the party) it can be seized by agents of the state because it is owned by 'all' the all who are determined by the Party.

The despotic inroads on property in the Ukraine was both land seizure and then food seizure which is why tens of millions died of starvation while simultaneously being taxed.


It was pretty much out and out capitalism of the worst kind.