On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 08:51 AM, <sartes...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 10:56 AM, Marv Gandall wrote: > >> I was replying to Artesian's comment that, unlike Lenin, Trotsky, and the >> Bolsheviks who took power, a true historical materialist would have >> understood from the outset that the USSR could not survive > > I never said any such thing. Marv's capacity for deliberate (and smug) > dishonesty makes it pointless to engage with him. > >
On Wed, Oct 16, 2024 at 03:42 PM, <sartes...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Perhaps Marv and others was surprised by the collapse of the fSU. Others > were not. After the defeat of the proletarian revolution in the advanced, > and not so advanced countries, the crushing burden of the massive > casualties from WW2; the persistent constraint on the economy by armament > spending, and the inability to overcome lower agricultural productivity, > that collapse should not have surprised historical materialists. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#32954): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/32954 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109032615/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: marxmail+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
