It's not. The confusing thing is that Lenin contradicts himself depending on the text or even within the same text. Sometimes he sounds like an anarchist. Sometimes he sounds like an authoritarian conservative and you can see how Stalin was the next logical step.
I sympathize most with the council communists when it comes to historical Ma…
It's not. The confusing thing is that Lenin contradicts himself depending on the text or even within the same text. Sometimes he sounds like an anarchist. Sometimes he sounds like an authoritarian conservative and you can see how Stalin was the next logical step.
I sympathize most with the council communists when it comes to historical Marxism. They're not anarchists necessarily but they overlap with anarchism and effectively are an example of direct worker's democracy in action. Too bad Lenin crushed them.
It's not. The confusing thing is that Lenin contradicts himself depending on the text or even within the same text. Sometimes he sounds like an anarchist. Sometimes he sounds like an authoritarian conservative and you can see how Stalin was the next logical step.
I sympathize most with the council communists when it comes to historical Marxism. They're not anarchists necessarily but they overlap with anarchism and effectively are an example of direct worker's democracy in action. Too bad Lenin crushed them.