I am a socialist. But I would never want to live in a country like the USSR. Too authoritarian, too undemocratic, too repressive, too little freedom, too nationalistic.
With Lenin and the USSR, a right-wing interpretation of Marxism prevailed, which then spread globally and became even more problematic with Stalin.
Left-wing socialists such as Luxemburg, Pannekoek, Steinberg, and the early Lukacs therefore condemned and criticized the Soviet Union very early on. I identified with them much more.
In fact, there have probably only been three attempts to introduce a humane form of socialism: the Paris Commune, the Prague Spring, and Chile under Allende. All three were brutally destroyed. The Prague Spring by the USSR.
I am a socialist. But I would never want to live in a country like the USSR. Too authoritarian, too undemocratic, too repressive, too little freedom, too nationalistic.
With Lenin and the USSR, a right-wing interpretation of Marxism prevailed, which then spread globally and became even more problematic with Stalin.
Left-wing socialists such as Luxemburg, Pannekoek, Steinberg, and the early Lukacs therefore condemned and criticized the Soviet Union very early on. I identified with them much more.
In fact, there have probably only been three attempts to introduce a humane form of socialism: the Paris Commune, the Prague Spring, and Chile under Allende. All three were brutally destroyed. The Prague Spring by the USSR.