*None* of the present candidates is fit to lead the country during an actual crisis. Most don’t even have integrity; all of them are unable to think systemically and deeply understand what we are up against. The preselection process is totally broken.
Sanders is probably not a Stalinist or Maoist, but prefers some Scandinavian model, but Scandinavia is social democratic capitalism, something that Marx did not consider possible.
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I disagree. Social democracy derived from Marxism. Additionally, Marx and Engels thought a worker controlled Democratic State was paramount in the transition to communism. However, it wouldn't be the end goal.
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All European social democratic traditions eventually bought into the notion that the working class *should* be working in the factories of the bourgeoisie, but to favorable conditions. The communist traditions preferred the rule of the working class, which did not work out well.
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