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>Old school dogmatic Marxists see the state as nothing more than the coordinating arm of capitalism, or a "relief valve" for it, and Lenin spoke openly about it
by HideousKojima 2y ago
>Old school dogmatic Marxists see the state as nothing more than the coordinating arm of capitalism, or a "relief valve" for it, and Lenin spoke openly about its complete destruction in State And Revolution.
And yet every single time Communists (Lenin included) have gotten into power...
- cmrdporcupine 2y agoSure, and that speaks at least partially to the incorrectness of the classic theory of the state in those branches of Marxism. (I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater though. There are theoreticians who have added a lot more nuance here, especially Poulantzas)