capitalism vs socialism
The American right uses the words “socialist,” “communist” and “Marxist” as epithets, not according to their actual definitions.
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well for the right its more of a political attack since they have no idea what each means really. t
What would one call Russia today? Certainly not Communist in Lenin’s sense of the word.
@Jack,
No, today’s Russia isn’t communist by any definition. The most appropriate description is probably a capitalist kleptocracy.
In Lenin’s time, the USSR was never communist. Lenin called it State Capitalism, although since the state owned the means of production, it fulfilled a working definition of socialism.