Dear Comrade Vivek, > > > 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. > I have mailed him few times earlier and once spoke to him directly; however not on this subject. Only his intolerance to different views were revealed.
> > 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. > However, facts remains. But off course, you can call it as you like. > > 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). > It is not making fool by mentioning a word in nations name. The socialist social order was there in USSR, however there was buerocratic centralisation of power which finally led to its collapse. > > 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. > A software distribution / development model does not qualify to compare with the whole of a social order > > 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. > It is a one sided view. Comparison is also void. > > 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. > I did not understand how 1991 coup is a proletariat movement. I Agree with you here on what you write of Free Software. And I am a good admirer of RMS in this aspect. > >> “... 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). > What you reproduce is a distortion of the original content. Go through what is written in above quote. > > > 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. > > 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. > If I follow with your style, from my experience, surely I might have said that RMS practices a dictatorship on free software philosophy for at least based on his stand on why FSF should not be a democratic body. - Regards, Anil
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