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Communism in theory vs in practice
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To be clear, primitive Communism and Marxian Communism are just about polar opposites, one is the smallest unit of society and the other the largest and most vast, one full decentralization the other full centralization.
That isn't the "core," of Communism. It's more of a side-effect and possibility only truly achievable in Upper-Stage Communism.
There are alternatives to Marx, but I'm not convinced of any of them.
Well, I would say Marx has generally been proven spot-on. He didn't predict the way Imperialism would function, or what impact that would have on revolution, but we have Lenin for that. What, exactly, did you think was wrong with what Marx wrote? I find it puzzling that you say he seems focused more on the far-flung, when it was the opposite, he focused on analyzing Capitalism and arming the Working Class with the knowledge of how to overcome it by knowing its laws.
Either way, I bet Marxists end up correct, the PRC is the world's most developed Socialist state and it's also becoming the world's power as the US and EU crumble.