[Bolshevik ethics explicitly began and ended with atheism. Only someone who rejected all religious or quasi-religious morals could be a Bolshevik because, as Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and other Bolshevik leaders insisted, the only standard of right and wrong was success for the Party. The bourgeoisie falsely claim we have no ethics, Lenin explained in a 1920 speech. But what we reject is any ethics based on God's commandments or anything resembling them, such as abstract principles, timeless values, universal human rights, or any tenet of philosophical idealism.

For a true materialist, Lenin maintained, there can be no Kantian categorical imperative to regard others only as ends, not as means. By the same token, the materialist does not acknowledge the supposed sanctity of human life. All such notions, Lenin insisted, are "based on extra human and extra class concepts" and so are simply religion in disguise. "That is why we say that to us there is no such thing as a morality that stands outside human society; that is a fraud. To us morality is subordinated to the interests of the proletariat's class struggle," which means to the Party.

Aron Solts, known as "the conscience of the Party," explained: "We . . . can say openly and frankly: yes, we hold in prison those who interfere with the establishment of our order, and we do not stop before other such actions because we do not believe in the existence of abstractly unethical actions."]

Married A Horn said:

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Redbrickbear said:

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[Bolshevik ethics explicitly began and ended with atheism. Only someone who rejected all religious or quasi-religious morals could be a Bolshevik because, as Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin, and other Bolshevik leaders insisted, the only standard of right and wrong was success for the Party. The bourgeoisie falsely claim we have no ethics, Lenin explained in a 1920 speech. But what we reject is any ethics based on God's commandments or anything resembling them, such as abstract principles, timeless values, universal human rights, or any tenet of philosophical idealism.

For a true materialist, Lenin maintained, there can be no Kantian categorical imperative to regard others only as ends, not as means. By the same token, the materialist does not acknowledge the supposed sanctity of human life. All such notions, Lenin insisted, are "based on extra human and extra class concepts" and so are simply religion in disguise. "That is why we say that to us there is no such thing as a morality that stands outside human society; that is a fraud. To us morality is subordinated to the interests of the proletariat's class struggle," which means to the Party.

Aron Solts, known as "the conscience of the Party," explained: "We . . . can say openly and frankly: yes, we hold in prison those who interfere with the establishment of our order, and we do not stop before other such actions because we do not believe in the existence of abstractly unethical actions."]

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Democrats

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Modern Progressive Democrats do have a lot of similarities to the Bolsheviks


[The Soviet policy on nationalities, or national minorities, was based on Lenin's belief that alongside the "bad" nationalism of predatory colonialist nations (i.e. Russian), there existed a "good" nationalism, that of oppressed ethnic peoples yearning for freedom. Lenin believed that a comprehensive state-sponsored program of "nation-building" could fulfill the nationalist aspirations of the many non-Russian peoples of the Soviet Union and thus prevent them from aspiring to any real autonomy.

The years of the "great transformation" from 1928 to 1932 saw the Soviet nation-building project peak in intensity, a process historian Yuri Slezkine has described as "the most extravagant celebration of ethnic diversity that any state had ever witnessed.]


Almost just like how modern Democrats embrace racial minority nationalism/identity but hate White American Nationalism.

and fascists… but I'm repeating what you said

You ignored my post. I am out. Your immaturity does not serve you well. It makes you an 8th lunchroom bully

Waco1947 said:

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You ignored my post. I am out. Your immaturity does not serve you well. It makes you an 8th lunchroom bully

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Oh man... if we would have all known that we would have ignored your posts long ago.

Waco1947 said:

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You ignored my post. I am out. Your immaturity does not serve you well. It makes you an 8th lunchroom bully

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We have all answered your lies over the years . Fact after fact; Scripture quote after Scripture quote, have been pointed out to you.

Yet you have ignore them all, and merely disappear for a few days or ( after each of Trump's elections ) a couple of weeks.

As a result everyone realizes to engage with you is pointless.

Bully ?

Don't flatter yourself.


You are the one poster I would avoid meeting in person.

The USSR's planned economy gave rise to a massive, unofficial "second economy" that arguably kept the system functional. Some estimate it at 10-20% of GNP.

At the core were ~tens of thousands of underground factories operating inside state factories, using them as cover. pic.twitter.com/IVodvVdZh1

— Jonathon P Sine (@JonathonPSine) December 18, 2024