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From the Marxist-Leninist perspective, the state is analyzed as a product of class society and an instrument of class domination. This view, most prominently articulated by Vladimir Lenin in his 1917 work [https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1917/staterev/ State and Revolution] synthesizes Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ theories of the state with the practical demands of proletarian revolution. Lenin’s analysis emphasizes the necessity of overthrowing the capitalist state and replacing it with a transitional [[dictatorship of the proletariat]] as a step toward the eventual "withering away" of the state under communism.
'''The State''' — neither liberal neutral arbiter nor simple bourgeois instrument: the '''form of political unity''' a people takes, which revolutions capture, deepen, and transform rather than abolish by decree.
 
== From the streams ==
* Against vulgar withering-away ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/07274b7b-0196-4bcf-8711-fcd1640071af/ Huge updates stream]): "There was a specific interpretation of Marxism — I hate this interpretation — that in the withering away of the state, centralization of authority will disappear and everyone will just willy-nilly do whatever they want. Mao said: I don't actually think the state will ever wither away. We're always going to need these courts..." Governance and statecraft are permanent responsibilities.
* Withering as dynastic deepening ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/kick/infrared/01b75999-cac8-4153-b7fe-53ddacd54b59/ FBI AFTER ME! stream]): revolutions that "deepen and enrich the forms and qualitative determinations that emerge out of the revolution rather than liquidate them."
* Institutions hit limits: "civilizations, policies and states reach definite limits, and beyond those limits superstructurally try to conquer those limits, and in vain, and fail" ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/youtube/infrared/burj8ku0vao/ Marxism-Leninism in the Age of Multi-Polarity]).
 
== The American application ==
Country ≠ regime: "I believe there's more to this country than the rotten ruling class and state that has committed so many crimes on its behalf... I'm not giving up on the American people" ([https://infrared-transcripts.pages.dev/en/youtube/black-lenin/sevzfpn19fy/ Twitter Space]). Patriotism targets the regime, not the nation ([[Class]], [[New Deal]]).
 
== See also ==
* [[Revolutionary Dynasty]]
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Theory]][[Category:Marxism]][[Category:American politics]]

Latest revision as of 11:07, 21 August 2026

The State — neither liberal neutral arbiter nor simple bourgeois instrument: the form of political unity a people takes, which revolutions capture, deepen, and transform rather than abolish by decree.

From the streams

  • Against vulgar withering-away (Huge updates stream): "There was a specific interpretation of Marxism — I hate this interpretation — that in the withering away of the state, centralization of authority will disappear and everyone will just willy-nilly do whatever they want. Mao said: I don't actually think the state will ever wither away. We're always going to need these courts..." Governance and statecraft are permanent responsibilities.
  • Withering as dynastic deepening (FBI AFTER ME! stream): revolutions that "deepen and enrich the forms and qualitative determinations that emerge out of the revolution rather than liquidate them."
  • Institutions hit limits: "civilizations, policies and states reach definite limits, and beyond those limits superstructurally try to conquer those limits, and in vain, and fail" (Marxism-Leninism in the Age of Multi-Polarity).

The American application

Country ≠ regime: "I believe there's more to this country than the rotten ruling class and state that has committed so many crimes on its behalf... I'm not giving up on the American people" (Twitter Space). Patriotism targets the regime, not the nation (Class, New Deal).

See also

References