Re: lenin's admission of state-capitalism ... Re: AUT: Response

[Andrew Flood <andrewflood@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>i read lenin's statement on this sorta stuff when i
>read the complete works some time ago. the year was
>1917, but i can't remember the exact text title.

The quotes that I know of are mostly from the 1919-21
period (some below).  There is an article discussing
Lenin's view of socialism as
http://struggle.ws/ws91/lenin31.html

"State capitalism is a complete material preparation for socialism, the
threshold of socialism, a rung on the ladder of history between which
and the rung called socialism there are no immediate rungs".
       Lenin, Collected Works, Vol. 24 page 259.


"...state capitalism would be a step forward as compared with
the present state of affairs in our Soviet Republic. If in
approximately six months time state capitalism became established
in our Republic, this would be a great success and a sure
guarantee that within a year socialism will have gained a permanently
firm hold and will become invincible in our country"
       Lenin, Ibid, Vol. 27 page 294.

"While the revolution in Germany is still slow in "coming forth",
our task is to study the state capitalism of the Germans, to spare no
effort in copying it and not shrink from adopting dictatorial
methods to hasten the copying of it"
       Lenin, Ibid, Vol. 27 page 340.

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