[Marxism] Fatal Flaw of Socialism

[Doug Smiley <doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm reading "Lenin" by Robert Service and it's quite
interesting and very detailed. Lenin was an amazingly
gifted human being who felt that his view of Marxism
was the only view that could work. I have some
questions for the group as I'm researching Leninism
and Marxism.

Why did Lenin put so much faith in the socialist
revolution that never happened in Europe? Was he
really this complacent towards the European working
class? Was this the fatal flaw of socialism in the
USSR?

Finally, Lenin was upset when the German
Social-Democratic Party voted to give war credits to
their government during the "Great War". He felt
betrayed by the German socialists after the
International Congress adopted an anti-war policy. Can
socialism really work if the working classes keep
rallying to nationalism during times of their
country's national security? It seems this cycle of
progressive socialism and then imperialism is
neverending which may be the fatal flaw of
civilization. Lenin believed that socialism was the
final stage after capitalism had collapsed but it
seems we are stuck in the endless cycle of capitaist
greed and war. Socialism, in my opinion, can only work
if the working classes around the world are organized
and work in unity to bring about real change.

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-doug-
http://dougsmiley.net



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