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kin wrote

Is there such thing as PostLeftCommunism?

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_caspar_ wrote

maybe, if there can be an agreed upon definition of leftism and communism, which takes alot of energy to flesh out and debate.

the closest I can think of are the relatively recent currents that have distanced themselves (but not entirely broken away from?) Marx. coming from the lineage of post-68 leftism: SI, Autonomia Operaia, Foucault, Deleuze, Agamben, et al having led to ultra/anti-state communisms. the writings at Ill Will exhibit this.

but Im not sure if any of these folks have entirely moved on from leftism, or if they have, can it still be considered communism? what is communism outside of leftism?

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kin wrote

what is communism outside of leftism?

This is the question I think, and even if we can't have a clear definition on both, is there any gain in "recuperating" Communism from Leftism? Like trying to do the same they did with Libertarian Communism and Anarchism.

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celebratedrecluse OP wrote

there is no gain to the marginal in recuperating communism, that is actually the opposite of the goal. however in appropriating communism, one could use it for more interesting ends than reassimilating it into respectability.

There is no point to defending Mao and Stalin-- playing that game of respectability politics is absurd in any country. Instead, it makes sense to use communism to describe things in the present day, in the immediate world, and directly apply it.

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celebratedrecluse OP wrote

I would certainly consider that an accurate description of what I think about many economic issues.

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