Re:AI and Communism: Narratives of AI Behind the Iron Curtain
by ZeroGravitas on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:27AM
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I'm still reading my way chronologically through some books written at the time but the early 20th century communists all seem fairly benignly and boringly moderate by modern standards.
I'm intrigued to see how it develops.
Re:AI and Communism: Narratives of AI Behind the Iron Curtain
by nlitened on Sunday July 04, 2021 @11:28AM
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> bureaucrats and egomaniac get to consolidate power, and the more difficult it is to change things. That's one of the major issues with Marxist-Leninist government structures.
This just means that Marxist-Leninist ideology is not compatible with reality, and does not work.
Re:AI and Communism: Narratives of AI Behind the Iron Curtain
by sudosysgen on Sunday July 04, 2021 @12:34PM
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The actual structure I'm talking about isn't the ideology as a whole, it's just how Lenin decided to set up the bureaucracy. We can all agree that doesn't work.
As far as the ideology itself there definitely are many problems but I think you can't conclude that from the above.
After the October Revolution, the CPSU were so open to change and so far from being ossified and giving up power that they basically implemented Keynesian capitalism until Stalin came about.
But the longer you wait until after the revolution, the longer bureaucrats and egomaniac get to consolidate power, and the more difficult it is to change things. That's one of the major issues with Marxist-Leninist government structures.