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Why is Marxism still a thing? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Owell1984@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I was wondering why Marxism was still a thing and this placed seemed to be filled with Marxists. So, why? Didn't the fall of USSR teach us anything? Do today's Marxists think that USSR did something wrong? In other words, will they do anything different than the dictators of the soviet union? Also, some here seem to admire Stalin. I would really have to try hard to find a community that would admire Hitler but apparently admiring Stalin, another mass murder seems to be perfectly fine!

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good critique, I'll have a read of them. Thanks.

by simply adopting technology invented by those dirty capitalists

Well when 90% of the countries are capitalist, where do you expect most of the world's inventions to come from? Should they boycott most of the world over some meaningless idealism? That's like saying "NASA adopted technologies from the Nazis" (Operation Paperclip) as if that's a meaningful critique.

But it seems concerning that the places that invented those technologies weren't as effective in using them, shouldn't they have an advantage?

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

It was kind of a cheap jab, I admit. Still, my underlying point stands: their productivity gains were from adopting technology produced by others, so crediting them to communism at least needs a footnote. That's especially true because of how much growth leveled off when the easy gains stopped.

Also, the countries that invented tractors were plenty good at using them. Witness the US's endless seas of grains, corn, and other crops. Any food insecurity in the US (or the world, for that matter) is due to distribution, not abundance.