Lenin ended any oppurtunity for none CPSU members to be elected to the Soviets and banned factions in the CPSU in 1921.
This is a clear demonstration of a lack of understanding of the Soviets. All workers, regardless of position, could be part of Soviets, they formed the basic unit of government in general, similar to unions.
Secondly, you are writing in direct contrast to historical evidence provided by Pat Sloan, as he writes in Soviet Democracy:
“I have, while working in the Soviet Union, participated in an election. I, too, had a right to vote, as I was a working member of the community, and nationality and citizenship is no bar to electoral rights. The procedure was extremely simple. A general meeting of all the workers in our organization was called by the trade union committee, candidates were discussed, and a vote was taken by show of hands. Anybody present had the right to propose a candidate, and the one who was elected was not personally a member of the Party. In considering the claims of the candidates their past activities were discussed, they themselves had to answer questions as to their qualifications, anybody could express an opinion, for or against them, and the basis of all the discussion was: What justification had the candidates to represent their comrades on the local Soviet?”
Finally, banning factions was critical for the Soviet Union’s survival. There was freedom of discussion, but wreckers and infiltrators stood serious threats of collapsing the new Socialist State. Would you have had them take the idealist route and collapse in 1923? This is an idealist, anti-Marxist view of Socialist practice.
He then eliminated opposition with the Cheka.
Yes, the Soviet Union was at war with invading Capitalist, Tsarist, and Fascist invaders and infiltrators.
Even before that the Communists acted under “war communism”, which meant killing anybody not 100% in line.
No, War Communism was a specific economic structure practiced by the Soviet Union in times of war. Where are you getting these wild misunderstandings of basic terminology? Your ass?
That very much included Machnos work in setting up a Soviet Democracy in Ukraine, due to them being Anarchists.
No, Stalin did not abolish the Soviets in 1936. The Soviets remained until the dissolution of the USSR. This is just false, and we know it to be so based on historical record. Where did you pull this again? Your ass?
The Soviet Union had a bit of it, in the very beginning, but it failed and turned into a statist dictatorship.
What you have done here is send a Firehose of Falsehood, the majority of your claims were wrong, and the ones that weren’t sided with Capitalists and Fascists. You do not know what you are talking about either with respect to Marxism or to the history of the USSR.
Again, I repeat, I highly recommend you read Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism. It’s great for debunking popular Red Scare myths about Communism, and even includes a section for supposed “left” anticommunism. It’s clear, easy to read, and doesn’t require understanding any Marxist theory to enjoy, though I can also point out some good beginner texts if you want those too.
This is a clear demonstration of a lack of understanding of the Soviets. All workers, regardless of position, could be part of Soviets, they formed the basic unit of government in general, similar to unions.
Secondly, you are writing in direct contrast to historical evidence provided by Pat Sloan, as he writes in Soviet Democracy:
“I have, while working in the Soviet Union, participated in an election. I, too, had a right to vote, as I was a working member of the community, and nationality and citizenship is no bar to electoral rights. The procedure was extremely simple. A general meeting of all the workers in our organization was called by the trade union committee, candidates were discussed, and a vote was taken by show of hands. Anybody present had the right to propose a candidate, and the one who was elected was not personally a member of the Party. In considering the claims of the candidates their past activities were discussed, they themselves had to answer questions as to their qualifications, anybody could express an opinion, for or against them, and the basis of all the discussion was: What justification had the candidates to represent their comrades on the local Soviet?”
Finally, banning factions was critical for the Soviet Union’s survival. There was freedom of discussion, but wreckers and infiltrators stood serious threats of collapsing the new Socialist State. Would you have had them take the idealist route and collapse in 1923? This is an idealist, anti-Marxist view of Socialist practice.
Yes, the Soviet Union was at war with invading Capitalist, Tsarist, and Fascist invaders and infiltrators.
No, War Communism was a specific economic structure practiced by the Soviet Union in times of war. Where are you getting these wild misunderstandings of basic terminology? Your ass?
Makhno was no hero, nor was he attacked for “soviet democracy in Ukraine.” Makhno was a rapist, an anti-semite, and deliberately stood against the USSR. It was not a case of a random group of innocents being attacked by the big scary commies.
No, Stalin did not abolish the Soviets in 1936. The Soviets remained until the dissolution of the USSR. This is just false, and we know it to be so based on historical record. Where did you pull this again? Your ass?
Even the CIA said the USSR wasn’t a dictatorship.
The USSR supported the Republicans, and did so by providing weaponry.
The Prague Spring was a Liberal counter-revolution that sought to reinstate Capitalism.
“Years later, one of the protagonists of the “Prague Spring”, the Czech economist Ota Sik [3], admitted the real aim of the 1968 reforms. Sik, a supporter of the so-called “Third Way”, cynically admitted that the reforms were nothing but a deceptive maneuver and that, back then, he was “convinced that the only solution was pure capitalism” [4].”
What you have done here is send a Firehose of Falsehood, the majority of your claims were wrong, and the ones that weren’t sided with Capitalists and Fascists. You do not know what you are talking about either with respect to Marxism or to the history of the USSR.
Again, I repeat, I highly recommend you read Blackshirts and Reds: Rational Fascism and the Overthrow of Communism. It’s great for debunking popular Red Scare myths about Communism, and even includes a section for supposed “left” anticommunism. It’s clear, easy to read, and doesn’t require understanding any Marxist theory to enjoy, though I can also point out some good beginner texts if you want those too.