[Marxism] Socialist Policy in World War Two

[S. Artesian]

The beneficiary of  WW2 was the USSR and the world revolution?-- that's a 
hell of a check the beneficiaries received.

This is where I think the so-called new take on WW2 turns into cognitive 
dissonance.

The destruction endured by the USSR was so great that it never truly 
recovered, with agricultural productivity in particular stagnant and even 
declining in its last decade.


The Chinese Revolution did destroy the war-lords, the large landholders, and 
what little there was of a bourgeoisie, and certainly deserves defense from 
advanced capitalist attack, but a great victory for humanity?  The Chinese 
Revolution did not change the configuration of a agricultural production; it 
did not lead to any great industrial leap forward, and the Chinese 
themselves hardly played an unequivocating role in other liberation 
struggles around the world.

Look at Russia now. Look at China now.  How can we assess the results of WW2 
without assessing the current results, unless we suppose something equally 
cataclysmic to WW2 occurred to reverse the "great benefits" to the world 
revolution?

And to Nestor-- the Russian Revolution in its origin, manifestation, and 
requirements for success was not a "national liberation" struggle.  The 
national liberation elements are something grafted onto it only in its 
retreat.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "G K Milner" <gkmilner at eftel.net.au>
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