First I’m not christian, second to be a communist means wanting to abolish private property nothing more. We are far from abolishing private property, the existence of the United States stands in the way of that, Russia despite also being a capitalist state is useful to the whole abolishing private property thing. Because if they beat Ukraine, and they take back Europe, and they kick the Americans out, then maybe they can bring back the USSR or at the very least cause the collapse of the USA. From what it looks like, Russia can sustain the war indefinitely, and Ukraine can’t, but the longer Ukraine lasts killing its own citizens the greater their collapse will be, I want Ukraine to never be capable of aligning itself with the west again. I want their “nation” to be destroyed, their “language” erased, I want Ukraine to be the test run for the national humiliation that the United States must face. Is it cruel? Yes. Do I care? No. This is all in service of abolishing private property.
“We shall make no excuses for the terror” is a memorable turn of phase but not an actual principle of communism, as evidenced by the fact that the immediate context of the quote makes an excuse for the terror:
When our turn comes, we shall not make excuses for the terror. But the royal terrorists, the terrorists by the grace of God and the law, are in practice brutal, disdainful, and mean, in theory cowardly, secretive, and deceitful, and in both respects disreputable.
It’s saying revolutionary violence directed at overturning oppressive conditions is justified by the violence of oppression (see also Mark Twain’s “two reigns of terror” quote). It is not saying “we’ll be as violent as we want against whoever we want with no need to justify our actions.”
First I’m not christian, second to be a communist means wanting to abolish private property nothing more. We are far from abolishing private property, the existence of the United States stands in the way of that, Russia despite also being a capitalist state is useful to the whole abolishing private property thing. Because if they beat Ukraine, and they take back Europe, and they kick the Americans out, then maybe they can bring back the USSR or at the very least cause the collapse of the USA. From what it looks like, Russia can sustain the war indefinitely, and Ukraine can’t, but the longer Ukraine lasts killing its own citizens the greater their collapse will be, I want Ukraine to never be capable of aligning itself with the west again. I want their “nation” to be destroyed, their “language” erased, I want Ukraine to be the test run for the national humiliation that the United States must face. Is it cruel? Yes. Do I care? No. This is all in service of abolishing private property.
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“We shall make no excuses for the terror” is a memorable turn of phase but not an actual principle of communism, as evidenced by the fact that the immediate context of the quote makes an excuse for the terror:
It’s saying revolutionary violence directed at overturning oppressive conditions is justified by the violence of oppression (see also Mark Twain’s “two reigns of terror” quote). It is not saying “we’ll be as violent as we want against whoever we want with no need to justify our actions.”