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This person would say that the Soviet Union and China didn’t abolish commodity production in favor of production regulated by the criterion of use-value, which according to Marx is what characterizes the transition from capitalism to socialism.
:mao-wtf: Maoists rejecting the Soviet Union as a whole as not socialist would be odd, though. :mao-wtf:
Sounds like an alright answer to me, although you would think China and Russia would be more like the Asiatic mode of production.
Asiatic mode of production
Moments like these, I’m reminded Marx was European. Jokes about terminology aside, didn’t Marx and Engels themselves drop the Asiatic mode of production in their later works?
Regardless, the point remains that these two examples didn’t develop from capitalism, and so couldn’t count on already-industrialized societies (among other issues).
Excuse me for having more than one neuron and knowing what leftcoms think.
OK, I’m also well aware of their “abolish commodity production” criterion. I’m just making a joking emoji combination about leftcoms, not sure what to reply here. It wasn’t targeted at you, sorry if it came off that way.
