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Re:In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the wo... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Sunday April 21, 2019 @11:17PM (#19716202)
I think the quote is actually, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun," per Google and Wikipedia. Is this part of Marxist theory, or Maoist? I genuinely don't know. I had always thought that Marx viewed the revolution as at least potentially peaceful, but I confess I have never read him.
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Re:In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the wo... by perilunar on Monday April 22, 2019 @01:48AM (#19716821)
It was Mao Zedong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_power_grows_out_of_t...

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Re:In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the wo... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Monday April 22, 2019 @07:58AM (#19718180)
Ah, I know who it was. I was more asking whether he was reflecting a viewpoint from earlier Marxist theory, or whether it was a novel viewpoint of his.
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Re:In Venezuela, life has gone from bad to worse. And the wo... by NedIsakoff on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:54AM (#19718503)
I think he based it on reality rather than theory. Every communist government has use force to "maintain the revolution": USSR, Cuba, Venezuela, DPRK, China, Romania, etc.
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