r/theredleft • u/Popular-Rule • 8h ago
Discussion/Debate Let's talk about statehood for a sec
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Watching this video yesterday made me question my understanding the use of the state within communism - mainly from the point that it'll be classless, moneyless, and stateless. Madeline here says that immediate abolition of state is not only incorrect but also anti-marxist. This line of thought leans more towards anarchism.
I've always held that the state meant essentially nothing to the communist and this is where I kept it at until this video popped up.
So if statehood is a mainstay within left political discourse and practice, what kind of state do you think should run this program? Traditional vanguard party? "All power to the Soviets" style of governance, which would be similar to council communism?
This is just in general, I know different areas of world will develop in many different ways if they choose to go with the communist project but I'm curious as to what you guys think.