“Some people believe that Marxism and anarchism are based on the same principles and that the disagreements between them concern only tactics, so that, in the opinion of these people, it is quite impossible to draw a contrast between these two trends. This is a great mistake. We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism. Accordingly, we also hold that a real struggle must be waged against real enemies. The point is that Marxism and anarchism are built up on entirely different principles, in spite of the fact that both come into the arena of the struggle under the flag of socialism. The cornerstone of anarchism is the individual, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the masses, the collective body. The cornerstone of Marxism, however, is the masses, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the individual. Clearly, we have here two principles, one negating the other, and not merely disagreements on tactics” - Stalin
Yeah, you can also go back to Lenin, who for the most time didn’t even bothered with explaining anarchism as it was absolute clear to him that anarchists are “petty bourgeoisie ideology” as he briefly commented on Bakunin and Kropotkin
This is a really funny meeting between Lenin and Kropotkin. It’s obvious that Kropotkin, for his faults, was still very respected in Russia and the USSR. Kropotkin, in his seeming senility, continuously brings up decentralization and workers’ unions while Lenin attempts to respectfully refute his claims before peacing out.
Even Lenin himself respected him and it’s a given since Kropotkin was never sellout like opportunists or a piece of shit like Bakunin. It’s just that anarchism is objectively not a proletarian ideology but a petty bourgeois one.
It’s always nice when I read little excerpts like this. It’s like damn, Lenin and other revolutionaries were just dudes and dudettes doing stuff sometimes.
“Some people believe that Marxism and anarchism are based on the same principles and that the disagreements between them concern only tactics, so that, in the opinion of these people, it is quite impossible to draw a contrast between these two trends. This is a great mistake. We believe that the Anarchists are real enemies of Marxism. Accordingly, we also hold that a real struggle must be waged against real enemies. The point is that Marxism and anarchism are built up on entirely different principles, in spite of the fact that both come into the arena of the struggle under the flag of socialism. The cornerstone of anarchism is the individual, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the masses, the collective body. The cornerstone of Marxism, however, is the masses, whose emancipation, according to its tenets, is the principal condition for the emancipation of the individual. Clearly, we have here two principles, one negating the other, and not merely disagreements on tactics” - Stalin
This would actually explain the popularity of anarchism in the west (compared to Marxism), as well as why the current system is lenient towards it.
Yeah, you can also go back to Lenin, who for the most time didn’t even bothered with explaining anarchism as it was absolute clear to him that anarchists are “petty bourgeoisie ideology” as he briefly commented on Bakunin and Kropotkin
https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/kropotkin-peter/1917/a-meeting.html
This is a really funny meeting between Lenin and Kropotkin. It’s obvious that Kropotkin, for his faults, was still very respected in Russia and the USSR. Kropotkin, in his seeming senility, continuously brings up decentralization and workers’ unions while Lenin attempts to respectfully refute his claims before peacing out.
Yeah i know this.
Even Lenin himself respected him and it’s a given since Kropotkin was never sellout like opportunists or a piece of shit like Bakunin. It’s just that anarchism is objectively not a proletarian ideology but a petty bourgeois one.
It’s always nice when I read little excerpts like this. It’s like damn, Lenin and other revolutionaries were just dudes and dudettes doing stuff sometimes.