> From: Jim Devine
> One example of the absence of democracy in the old USSR is that the > ruling class's main organization (the CP, merged with the state) was > able to abolish the old "socialist" system without any kind of consent > from the workers. CB: I see I misread this comment by u. I agree that in abolishing the Soviet socialist system the CPSU acted undemocratically. They abolished social appropriation and reinstituted private appropriation. > > ^^^^^^^ > CB: This is not a Marxist way to understand it. Plus, it is not > accurate that there was _no_ "consent" from the workers. The idea > that there was no mass popularity of the decisions and actions of the > CPSU is ridiculous. > > _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
