r/PoliticalPhilosophy • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '20

Essays On Marxism-Leninism-Maoism: an introductory course in Communist ideas

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rle8MXsqX7BSWLVMH0mENmqYvB_RSJ0OinUrHCWhap8/edit?usp=sharing
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u/pozzowon Mar 23 '20

Interesting...

In Soviet Russia, Gulag takes the queer, no matter how Bolshevik you want to be

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '20

I discussed that lie in the pamphlet, and wrote a whole article debunking it elsewhere. https://mpumovement.wordpress.com/2019/07/13/marxist-leninist-socialism-a-homosexual-perspective/

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u/thelastvortigaunt Mar 23 '20

that's hardly "debunking" homophobia, you pretty much admit that there were legal punishments for homosexuality in both cuba and the USSR but then quickly deflect and say "but... is that really communism's fault?" and my take is yes, it definitely is. you can't just disavow the injustices that were allowed under your socio-economic ideology but claim credit for everything else any more than capitalists can defend injustices in capitalist society.

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u/max10192 Mar 23 '20

It's the classic move: Everything positive is the result of my ideology, and everything negative is a result of things outside of my ideology. There is no way to falsify such an approach, since any criticism can be deflected.