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IDK. I'm amazed at how many people I've met who claim to be Marxist but haven't ever read Hegel.

• dogma1138 9y ago
  You really don’t need to go anywhere so complicated; this is literally a high school history exam question “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.” But I would agree with your statement I never met a self proclaimed Marxist that actually read the entire body of works behind it; those who do are usually so terrified of the potential outcomes that they would not consider Marxism as an option.
  • platz 9y ago
    such anecdote.. such generalize experiences.. wow.
  • fabianhjr 9y ago
    > “name the philosophical framework adopted by Communist Russia (since technically this predates the USSR) which was based on the works of Marx Engels and co.” Marxism-Leninism? [1] Honestly, Dialectic Materialism[2] can be summarized as "the idea that ideas and real-life influence each other" and Historical Materialism[3] is the thesis that history has been shaped mainly by its material reality. [1]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marxism%E2%80%93Leninism [2]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dialectical_materialism [3]: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Historical_materialism
    • dogma1138 9y ago
      Philosophical framework not an economic and or political system. Communism isn’t philosophy it’s an economic and political system.