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[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

I absolutely love Lenin's writing, and how he always takes any chance he can to shit on Kautsky lmao

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Not always, early on he respected Kautsky greatly, only when Kautsky sided with mensheviks he started to criticize him, and around 1915 when the attempts at reconciliation of socialdemocrats failed and Kautsky proven to be lead figure of the socialchauvinists Lenin goes full bag of bricks on him.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 hours ago

Fair! That's of course why Lenin's later works are so anti-Kautsky, but these are also some of his most important works so they seemed outsized in my head.

Yeah reading it without knowing basically any historical context or people is fun because you hear him mention names repeatedly and eventually you start going “yeah you tell him Lenin!” when you still have basically no idea who they are lol

Also just wanting to pack so much information into a single sentence to the point sentences are occasionally the size of paragraphs is very relatable.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 day ago

Lenin's great, both theoretically and from an entertainment perspective. His hate is pure!

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