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    3 months ago

    😂how to get to that I don’t analyse?

    For me true communism would be living in a group in consensus that nobody owns but the whole group together

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      😂how to get to that I don’t analyse?

      Because you’re doing a “no true Communism” bit that’s just purity testing, rather than accepting failures of AES as failures of AES and successes of AES as successes of AES.

      For me true communism would be living in a group in consensus that nobody owns but the whole group together

      Cool, so AES is AES and thus true attempts at Communism.

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        True attempt to achieve communism is not the same as achieving true communism, I’d say…

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          Why?

          What is the purpose of Communism? Communism is not “enlightenment” it isn’t a religuous status, it’s a process. Working to put theory to practice, and correct as you go, is Communism.

          The achievement of a “Stateless, Classless, Moneyless society,” ie Upper-Stage Communism, as Marx puts it, is a far-future society that has to be worked towards.

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            I don’t think current “AES” really work in the direction “stateless” nor "classless”. Maybe “moneyless” I could see that.

            But I absolutely agree that the achievement of an upper-stage Communism would be fabulous

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                Because the people in power are not trying to make themselves obsolete and they all have some sort of class system that is actively maintained by the people in power

                Or in which “AES” is that not the case?

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                  The government “collapsing itself” is not Marxist in any way, why would the government shrink itself? Additionally, what do you mean by “actively maintaining a class?” Have you read Marx? That might clear up some of your confusion.

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                    Where do you disagree with that text?

                    The Path to Statelessness and Classlessness

                    Marx envisioned a historical process through which these conditions would be achieved:

                    1.	Capitalism: Characterized by class struggle between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
                    2.	Proletarian Revolution: The working class rises up to overthrow the capitalist system.
                    3.	Socialism: A transitional stage where the proletariat controls the state and begins to dismantle the structures of capitalism. This involves reorganization of economic and social relations to eliminate class distinctions.
                    4.	Communism: The final stage where the state has withered away, and society is fully classless and stateless.
                    

                    The Government’s Role

                    The idea that a government could be “stateless in some sort” while not working towards making itself obsolete is contradictory in Marxist terms. For Marx:

                    •	Any form of government or state that continues to exist as an authority structure inherently maintains some level of class distinction or power imbalance.
                    •	A true movement towards communism would involve the state actively diminishing its role as class distinctions are resolved and social ownership is fully realized.
                    

                    In summary, Marx’s definitions of statelessness and classlessness are intertwined with the dissolution of traditional state structures and the eradication of social classes, ultimately resulting in a society where cooperative, communal living replaces hierarchical and coercive systems of governance.