Re: Query from a Venezuelan

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have found that discussions on Stalin on this list have never led to
much communication or information.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2003 at 04:40:52PM +0800, Grant Lee wrote:
> Jim Devine writes:
>
> >> Grant writes:
> >> In reality I don't really think there is much difference between
> >> state socialism and state capitalism, although the former is
> distinguished
> >> by the support of the working class and the stated intention to abolish
> the
> >> state, at some point in the future.
> >
> >
> >did the Russian working class support the Soviet state in 1936?
>
> Maybe not, but what makes you think they didn't? Stalin's worst excesses
> didn't necessarily have an impact on everyone in the USSR.

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