i fucking love that game

>>5148
That bear is carrying a capitalist pig submachinegun.

lol

I wouldn't call DPRK communist, or even still socialist at this point. The military is a class, and clearly the employees of the state are as well, so it's not communism, and with so much concentrated authority, I don't know if you can say that the workers own the means of production either.

As for the failures of authoritarian bureaucracy, that's why I favor left-communism, though I think democratic socialism is a good model for transition. I think any absolute authority attracts authoritarians and reactionary intrigue and is something we should avoid if at all possible.

>>5277

Finely put sir.

I don't think that the ideology of guerilla movements should be on par with abstract politics. The politics behind their action rather poses the necessary ideological integration of a certain group, whose specific enviroment allowed them to emerge in the first place.
I don't know if they are able to formulate specific strategic goals, but in any case their movement is bound to fail sooner or later be it because of utter disorganization and internal power struggles resulting in alienation from the revolutionary subjects [see sendero luminoso] or ever more effective governmental countermesures succsesfully exploiting the peoples apathy thus forcing them to rely on ever more violent, unpopular and counterproductive acts of terror.

In a country as big as India the idea of violent revolution is laughable at best.

>>5268
I'm not convinced revolution can be entirely peaceful, and I thought the CPI-M is worth discussing since they are (ostensibly) engaged in a communist revolution at the moment.

>>5279
Oh don't get me wrong, I continue to be intrigued by causes, especially if they imply shitting on the immensly superior. However my own learnings have lead me to the conclusion that the violence is just as inffective as non-violence in the pursuit of goals that are not sufficiently supported by the specific socioeconomical circumstances.
I believe the most recent communist revolutions have all taken place in rather small [Nicaragua] or Isolated places [Cuba] making it easier for guerrilla movements to slowly encroach the few urban power centers. In a country as vast and socially diverse as India I can't imagine the resources it would take to pose a serious threath to the Indian government as a whole and not only to the incompetent and barely existing local governments in a few regions.

Let's also remember the NEP period under Lenin

>>5256
the NEP was perfectly fine compared to what was before and after it.
>>5254
oh, really? stalin, of course, wasn't like that. his commie party was full of selfless idealists, right?
>>5253
the CPC is doing a pretty fine job at industrialising the country. The chinese law is materialistic; you don't have private ownership; everything formally belongs to the people and is rented out;
they also do have a plenty of self sustaining communes.

the pope when he still had some power did not act exactly in a christian manner, nor was any of the american presidents truly liberal and patriotic. still ideology limited their possibilities for action.

>>5263
It's well known there were reactionary spies in the Kremlin. I don't see your point.

>>5261
But most people who don't make 6 figures will tell you this limping along really blows and is a just a slow death as opposed to a quick one.

I admit it is a difference, but ultimately we want to socialize people in a manner that would sustain anarchism, because of the above.

>>5266
>ultimately we want to socialize people in a manner that would sustain anarchism, because of the above.
Oh, indeed. That is what all Marxists predict as the end of history.

>>5272
>Oh, indeed. That is what all Marxists predict as the end of history.

no no.

just the end of class antagonism as the driving force of human history.

CCCP: SUBLIMATION

http://savok.name/

I loved everything except for the last bit with that softy Billy Bragg.

Change will not come from above and it's not going to happen if we emulate the goddamn hippies who got nothing done.

i always preferred this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGXOjm95WWo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoQb8vb4blA

superior.