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What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't? (lemmy.ml)

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Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain't dead. Remember, don't downvote for disagreements.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

            
              permanent revolution;
that parties should be democratic institutions;
that burocratization leads to deformed proletarian states.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Are you saying you disagree with Trots on these matters, or that you agree with Trots despite their unique positions among Marxists in general?

I don't think anyone would disagree with you regarding parties needing to be democratic, so I assume you are referring to a specific type of democracy.

As for Permanent Revolution, I think that was kind of "debunked" when the peasantry showed itself to be a genuine ally of the proletariat. Abandoning building Socialism because a revolution in Germany never appeared and instead focusing your efforts on exporting revolution ultimately would have led to a lack of developed industry, and a loss in World War II for the Soviets. Communism still requires global revolution, but it makes more sense to build up Socialism domestically and use that to fuel revolution globally than it does to focus almost entirely on the idea of a global revolution.