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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by HideousKojima on Sunday March 02, 2025 @12:10PM (#43232526)
>Old school dogmatic Marxists see the state as nothing more than the coordinating arm of capitalism, or a "relief valve" for it, and Lenin spoke openly about its complete destruction in State And Revolution.

And yet every single time Communists (Lenin included) have gotten into power...

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Re:Mark Cuban offers to fund former 18f employees by cmrdporcupine on Sunday March 02, 2025 @05:04PM (#43235690)
Sure, and that speaks at least partially to the incorrectness of the classic theory of the state in those branches of Marxism.

(I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater though. There are theoreticians who have added a lot more nuance here, especially Poulantzas)

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