@ildiavolorosso @mina @pluralistic @jackwilliambell @gimulnautti I've noticed Americans as a whole tend to be deeply ignorant about what Marxism even is.
For example, I would be willing to wager $100 that if you chose a group of 1000 Americans from across the country, at least half of them could not explain what "historical materialism" or "the labour theory of value" mean.
Or for that matter "bourgeoisie" and "proletariat".
Or even give a decent summary, even a critical one, of Marx and Engel's main arguments.
And I guarantee that at least half have never read even "The Communist Manifesto".
Heck, I could limit that bet to a random sample of 1000 people from the blue states who voted for Harris, and I'd still probably win.
Why it matters is informed critique.
Ask a Lithuanian, say, who's over 40 and critical of Marxism to give an explanation of what Marxism is, and what its issues are. You'll probably get a decent explanation of the theory, and then how Russia's implementation was used to justify occupation and violence.
Or a first-hand account of how the railways actually worked under Marxist–Leninist central planning during the Russian occupation.
Informed critique.
Ask an American, and there's a non-zero chance they'll say something about how communism is the government taking their guns.
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