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but the second Draper text
regarding the DOTP, has a very
specific thesis regarding Marxism:
tracing the meanings and
interpretation of the phrase "dotp"
through the years.
This particular quote from Draper
is the smoking 'anti-Stalinist" gun.
There is a contrast that needs to be made clear. In not a single locus did Marx or Engels ever associate the use of the term 'dictatorship of the proletariat' with another question of obvious importance: the necessity for defending a victorious workers' state against counter- revolutionary force. They recognized this problem, of course; they discussed it-all socialists did-but they did not link it up as part of the definition of the 'dictatorship of the proletariat.' On the other hand, virtually every reference to 'dictatorship of the proletariat' made after their time was tied to this question explicitly or implicitly. The reason for this difference is plain enough: Marxist followers, asking them- selves what the 'dictatorship' phrase meant, assumed that the answer could refer only to the task of suppressing counterrevolution after a conquest of political power.
July 4, 2023 at 6:33 AM
rshenoy.bsky.social
I know just the man for the job
July 2, 2023 at 12:49 PM