• 1Malayali@lemmy.ml
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    7 hours ago

    I would not want a communist system under Donald Trump

    But Trump is openly a Capitalist?
    If current Trump could lead such a system, would that be a communist systne? Or would it remain as a communist system?

    In communism the whole makes the individual. In capitalism the individual makes the whole

    Wouldn’t Communism have both, since it has dialectics?

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      5 hours ago

      Socialism/communism are systems, not individuals. Technically you could have, say, Cuba with Trump as president. It would be farcical, but one person alone is not the system.

      As for communism having dialectics, that’s not the right conception of dialectics. Dialectical materialism is the world outlook of communists, not a feature of socialist/communist systems.

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        1 hour ago

        Technically you could have, say, Cuba with Trump as president. It would be farcical, but one person alone is not the system.

        If Trump, as he is now, becomes president of the system, then that means that the system is likely in great crisis or decay.

        As for communism having dialectics, that’s not the right conception of dialectics. Dialectical materialism is the world outlook of communists, not a feature of socialist/communist systems.

        Well, if dialectical materialism is used to reach communism, it will still be taught to handle other issues and maintain communism, right?

        Would it be less needed after class contradictions are resolved? But there maybe other contradictions remaining, right?

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          Regarding Trump over Cuba, yes, it would indeed be a great crisis. He wouldn’t get elected in the first place.

          As for dialectical materialism, it’s universally applicable. It’s used for science, historical analysis, etc. Even after the class struggle is resolved, there will still be contradictions, as all motion and development is caused by contradiction.