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[-] mitram2@lemmy.pt 4 points 3 months ago

Pardon my ignorance but I don't know the term "AES state"

If I see it through that perspective I get it, still sounds odd to me to label authoritarianism only as a western tool to criticise communists

[-] Maturin@hexbear.net 13 points 3 months ago

"AES" meaning "actually existing socialism." The debate over this word goes all the way back to Engels at least.

Someone else may help me find a link, because I remember reading a different article about this specifically, but these three definitely touch on it:

https://redsails.org/losurdo-on-totalitarianism/ (this one is about "totalitarianism" and the "horseshoe" theory I referenced above)

[-] mitram2@lemmy.pt 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the references

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