Then House candidate joined Democratic Socialists of America in 2018 but didn’t renew membership after a year
  • deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    10 days ago

    Yeah, and that’s why Marxism = socialism. Same with Maoism, Stalinism, Trotsky, Gramsci, etc. saying “but Marxism isn’t socialism” is WAY different than saying “it’s only a type of socialism” and I don’t understand why you’d try to lie about what you said when it’s right there.

    If it’s not socialism then what is ML ?

    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      51·
      10 days ago

      Marxism is not equal to socialism, because marxism is a type of socialism. They’re not synonyms.

      I reworded my first comment to avoid confusion.

      And Marxism-Leninism is not the same as Marxism, but it is still a type of socialism (but a different type)

      • deathmetaldawgy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        21·
        10 days ago

        lol no Marxism is socialist theory. Quit being pedantic. That means it IS socialism. Just one type still means it is socialism. And ML having differences from just Marxism doesn’t make it not socialism. I really don’t understand your argument and I don’t really care enough to.

        If you consider yourself socialist you have to read Marx and Lenin at some point, same with Trotsky and Stalin. Etc. does no good to separate 2 parts of a whole, if that makes sense.