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submitted 3 weeks ago by LeninZedong@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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I myself do not really view "What is to be Done?" as a great beginner work for Marxists, since it mentions a lot of obscure philosophers or groups that a modern audience (with their cursory knowledge of Russian history being from the lips of liberals, or worse, conservatives) would hardly know the context of, and I am reading a version that has notes on these people!

That is not to say that it is not an influential or essential work of Lenin (I think it might be up there with "Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism" and "The State and Revolution" in terms of either factor), but one has to be willing to trudge through Russian names that you will likely never hear again.

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[–] Ronin_5@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that his execution should be viewed as a part of the dismantling of the revolutionary vanguard by Kruschev.

Regardless of whether he was a sex pest, the entire movement of destalinization should be viewed as a shift towards liberalism.

As in, he was executed as part of a power grab. Not because of his alleged deviancy.

[–] pyromaiden@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 weeks ago

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I completely agree. He wasn't merked for being a sex pest; he was merked so Khrushchev could solidify power.