“Actually Existing Socialism”. It’s a term that emphasises that a state project is currently socialist rather than some hypothetical (usually) western idealised socialism.
So when people in, say, the UK are criticising Cuba or China or some other state it is worth bearing in mind that they are doing so from within a capitalist and imperialist system and what they are criticising is a socialist movement and should be analysed with that in mind.
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“Actually Existing Socialism”. It’s a term that emphasises that a state project is currently socialist rather than some hypothetical (usually) western idealised socialism. So when people in, say, the UK are criticising Cuba or China or some other state it is worth bearing in mind that they are doing so from within a capitalist and imperialist system and what they are criticising is a socialist movement and should be analysed with that in mind.
Got it, thank you.
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