@ajsadauskas @ildiavolorosso @mina @pluralistic @jackwilliambell @gimulnautti It is very important to draw a line between Marxism as the socio-economic theory, and the various offshoots like Leninism and Maoism which added, among other things, authoritarian rule/oppression of criticism.
I grew up in one of those countries, and Lenin was universally venerated next to Marx and Engels. But we can thank him for the fact that Marxism is often conflated with brutal authoritarianism and mass murder.
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