> Dear Comrade Anil, >> > > [?] Thanks for offering comradeship with you. >
You are most welcome Comrade. > > >> Quoting RMS (ie Shri Richard Stallman according to your article) >> >> "Communism as was practiced in the Soviet Union was a system of central >> control where all activity was regimented, >> > > RMS is wrong here. Communism never practised in USSR. It was socialism > practised there. > Maybe you should write to RMS at rms AT gnu DOT org and tell him he is wrong with valid reasons if you have any. Comrade, at this point I disagree to your statement that it was socialism practiced in USSR and prefer to call it "Russian Communism" unless you can rationally prove to me otherwise. For Example, India is a Sovereign 'Socialist', Secular, Democractic 'Republic' not the erstwhile USSR (no one can be fooled by having a term 'socialist' in a name and also by proclaiming itself as the first constitutional socialist country in the world when communist Bourgeoisie Dictatorship was in effect practiced there). Here in India, we can Democratically elect a Right Wing Regime, a Left Wing Regime, a Socialist regime or anything liberal in the middle and we have a freedom of choice of whom to elect. USSR did not have that choice under the Communist Regime (1917-1991) and hence cannot be called 'Socialistic' but only 'Bourgeoisie Communist Dictatorship' and can be compared to a Proprietary Software Company which decisions were taken in Cathedral Model where the Communist party was the sole decision making body and not the public. USSR was a Leftist/Communist Dictatorship which was rejected by the Russian Proletariat (which kicked the Leftist/Communist regime out of their power in December 31, 1991 by a series of Grassroot Level Proletariat Coups backed by Regional Sentiments which eventually led to to the break up of the Soviet Union. They did the same to the Tsarist autocracy way back in 1917 (Russian Revolution) by removing them and giving a chance to the Bolshevik Party (communist party) under Lenin. The Bolshevik Party (communist party) then systematically oppressed Russians most notable among the Communist Dictators was Joseph Stalin who went on with his policy of 'Great Purge' or 'Great Terror' which according to him was to purge the Communist party of all traitors, his victims were often executed, imprisoned in Gulang Labor Camps or often deported. Needless to say 'Russian Communists' under Stalin first entering into a peace pact with the German Nazis under Adolf Hitler and then invaded Poland, Finland, the Baltics, Bessarabia and northen Bukovina. This Russian Communist Global Invasion Policies can be compared to the predatory business practices of Proprietary Companies that do secret agreements (Cross Patenting Agreements) like Communist Russia and Nazi Germany did before Russia invaded other smaller Countries. and then use these agreements often on Patents to attack other Software Companies or FOSS Developers. When USSR was under the leadership of Mikhail Gorbachev, the 7th secretary of the Russian Communist Party, the Proletariat finally kicked the Communists out in 1991 in a another series of coups and established a Free Market Economy (it is another sad chapter altogether that this economy is currently guided by IMF and the USA). You can compare these 2 Russian Proletariat movements, (the 1917 Revolutions and the 1991 Coups) to 2 grass root level Freedom Movements from Oppressive regimes to the Free Software Movement which was basically a Freedom and Solidarity Movement against the Proprietary Software Regime which was preventing neighbor from helping neighbor which according to RMS is the basis of a good society. > > supposedly for the common good, but actually for the sake of the members of >> the Communist party. And where copying equipment was closely guarded to >> prevent illegal copying. >> > > Yes that is true. there were distortions in building socialism in USSR. And > that is identified and analysed by Indian Communists parties as well. In the > document named “On certain political-ideological issues related to > developments in some socialist countries” published in CPI (M) theoretical > quarterly "The Marxist" in first half 1990. says, > “... the recent events reveal that there have been many distortions in > building of socialism and the functioning of socialist states in these > countries ... In the sphere of running socialist state and ensuring > socialist democracy as a higher form of democracy compared to bourgeois > democracy there were many deformations. The concept of proletarian > dictatorship was reduced to the dictatorship of the party and this at times > led to the dictatorship of the leading coterie of the party. This resulted > in the growth of bureaucratism and the violation of civil liberties and > democratic rights… these distortions resulted in violations of socialist > legality and restrictions on individual freedom, which contributed to the > alienation of larger sections of the people from the party and the state.” > Nice to see the Indian Communists acknowledging that the Communist Movement Worldwide is a utter and total failure (though on expected lines communists have worded it mildly trying to hide under the socialist garb). > Thus, if we are to judge views by their resemblance to Russian Communism, >> it is the software owners who are the Communists." >> > Mere hypothetical argument from RMS > >From my above points I don't think this is a hypothetical argument at all. I won't talk on behalf of RMS, you can mail and ask him and add this list to the cc if you wish. > > In fact RMS (whom you call Shri Richard Stallman in your article) seems to >> hold a very low view of communism which he says >> _only_benefits_the_members_of_the_communist_party. >> > > Sure. From his write-up what I feel is his understanding on communism also > weak. > Maybe you should Email him and tell him that his understanding of communism is weak. I am sure he will have some rational counter arguments to make for this choices. Regards, -- Vivek Varghese Cherian Senior Systems Administrator RHCT ( # 605010995430406) Website : http://www.vivekcherian.com Blog: http://www.vivekcherian.net Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekvc IRC: Vivek and ViveKVC on both Freenode and OFTC GPG Key fingerprint = 1EB1 0647 9574 18A3 40B5 8D74 F842 576B 3C2B 8538
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