Hi there folks,

While trying to learn about communism, I’m having problems finding literature that provides and example life under Communism. What I do find is propaganda either against or for it, involving unrealistic and bombastic content that is clearly not rooted in reality.

I’m not looking for historical content because I’m just trying to figure out what a life that the group is striving for would be like.

Thanks for your time!

    • MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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      17 days ago

      Seconded. This takes what’s laid out in ML theory and shows what it looks like in practice from an outsider’s perspective (a US citizen who moved to the USSR). It’s a great read and I found it very enlightening.

      It was written in the 1930s, but one of the most important aspects of this account is that it compares and contrasts the lives of people 1) before the revolution, 2) after the revolution, and 3) in a capitalist state in the same time period. Just because it’s old does not mean it doesn’t contain a valuable perspective. Everything written in this is still relevant to today, which you can see for yourself if you give it a shot.

    • cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml
      7·
      16 days ago

      This should be in the top most recommended reads for any communist. Along with Strong’s “When Serfs Stood Up in Tibet”. Imo you can get so much more from reading first hand accounts like these than you can from any amount of second hand history. I would put these works up there with the central works of ML theory in terms of importance.