This is what's wrong with the CPUSA

Here I outline the main reason why CPUSA is not likely to be a significant factor in bringing communism to the United States.

I'd also like to point out that the party completely ignoring my escalating queries while I was a member has resulted in me taking my views to the public.

I do not disagree with the party in most areas, I just disagree with the party in the most important areas. I do not believe that we must (or even should) vote for the democrats. It's a side track at best, and a complete 180 at worst.

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[jcrowley1985]

The thing about communism is that it CAN'T be an organized and structured group. Any system where some people have power over other people (ie: holding office or joining a certain group) is guaranteed to oppress the people who aren't in that group.

In a way, ideal communism is essencially anarchy. Joining a party to show your support is what Republicans do, they need to feel "better" then everyone else, which goes against communism's ideals.

[malignantpoodle]

@jcrowley1985

Wrong, unless you're referring only to primitive communism.

Vanguardism can and does work and is the mainstay for any political movement. Popular movements on the other hand while very effective at opposing something, can do little in favor of something. Popular movements can be against, but not for.

[jcrowley1985]

@malignantpoodle

But didn't Marx himself say something along the line of "I am not a Marxist". Meaning that even himself, the FOUNDER of communism, can't uphold the ideals of communism. Sadly, communism calls for universal selfless cooperation, something which humans are incapable of.

As great a perfect utopia communism is, sadly it can't be obtained as humans are naturally greedy and incapable of pure equality.

[malignantpoodle]

@jcrowley1985

First, communism never claims to be a utopia. It claims to be a system where workers own the means of production, and where human need trumps profit. It also does not call for selfless cooperation.

Marx believed that popular uprising would eventually achieve communism, sort of spontaneously; that conditions would get so bad that it would just happen. Later, his work was refined by others that saw vanguardism as a more reliable and realistic method.

[UDSS]

The CPUSA is reformist and no longer revolutionary. The fall of Stalinism must have made a huge blow to the party. Like many Stalinist parties, the end of the USSR came as a complete shock.

Many communists lost their ideals and surrendered to the capitalists and their lies. The CPUSA is indeed reformist and not communist. Since 1927 Stalinism was dominating the party, all who opposed Stalin were removed.

The party was a tool of the Moscow bureaucracy. Now it is a tool of the Democrats.

[malignantpoodle]

@UDSS

I wouldn't say the fall of stalinism, rather the abandonment of the USSR is what ended the CP when funding stopped. They got funding all the way up to 1991, long after hardline Stalinist ideals were abandoned.

The CP used to be highly effective, but when the funding went, so did the regulation and standards. Now a small group of people run it unchecked and the party gets almost all of its money from rental property in NY.

[malignantpoodle]

@DeathToLiberalism

Know, I'm saying to look at western sources with regard to genocides, which you refuse to acknowledge. You can wiki or google "list of genocides" and see a complete history.

Sorry, but Mao and Stalin together cannot even come close to the over 1.2 billion killed under capitalist and imperialist regimes. The information is out there. That you refuse to look at it doesn't make it go away.

[DeathToLiberalism]

@malignantpoodle Oh ok, I'll just listen to the Politburo. I know how trustworthy they are. Stalin never existed, nor did Mao. The USSR was a benevolent country who had the welfare of its citizens first and foremost. There were no long lines for food. Everyone was happy. And they never tried to shoot you if you chose to emigrate elsewhere.

You are a very deluded individual.

[malignantpoodle]

@DeathToLiberalism

Actually, its what YOUR history books say, something you said I should read.

Maybe follow your own advice stupid fuck.

[DeathToLiberalism]

@malignantpoodle Well, if that is what your comrade pinkos tell you I won't try and change your mind. History proves I am right. Capitalism builds nations, Communism tears them down. Just amazing how blind you are to history. I wish I could send you to live in Cuba or North Korea.