Re: [Marxism] Anarchism versus Bolshevism

[Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara@xxxxxxxxx>]

Well written.  One thing I do think that Lenin contributed negatively-- or
at least inaccurately, was his view that the bourgeois of his era was
completely reactionary, like the aristocracy of the 18th century.  The
dynamic power of market forces to raise production in Brazil, India and
China have proven otherwise-- the ability of the state to harness capital's
natural tendencies was understated (re-read chapter 10 of Das Kapital).
 Also in his essay "Imperialism" he didnt predict the development of the
welfare state and overestimated how much of the first world's wealth and the
third world's poverty was based upon the hyper-exploitation of the 3rd
world.

I understand his views from his the standpoint of 1916.

As for "State and Revolution" it is a masterpiece.  The along with the
Erfuft Program (Kautsky) most important document of Marxist theory
post-Marx.
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