Readers Write: Democratic socialism, communism not very different at all

The Island Now

In response to Dr. Hal Sobel’s letter, “Socialism, communism very different,” I quote thehill.com, “Democratic Socialism — philosophy of poverty,” by Alexander G. Markovsky, opinion contributor (Feb. 1) — to explain Democratic Socialism’s relationship to Marxism.

“In 1903 Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labor Party was having the Second Party Congress to adopt the Party platform of transition from capitalism to socialism. The leaders of the Party, Julius Martov and Pavel Axelrod, aimed at a peaceful regime change via democratic process. After gaining power, they would use the authority of government bureaucracy to destroy capitalism by overburdening it with taxation and regulations. A radical faction led by Vladimir Lenin rejected this approach and demanded a revolutionary tactic with the imposition of the dictatorship of the proletariat.”

“Evidently, neither faction had illusions that this unnatural social organization could be implemented on a voluntary basis.”

“In the end, the Party split into Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks ultimately won, became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and eventually liquidated their comrades in arms in accordance with Marxist comradeship ritual.”

“Nowadays, the Mensheviks’ concept adopted by American socialists is being promulgated by Bernie Sanders and his disciples as an alternative to Marxism. This Marxist’s Trojan horse is intended to enact socialism by installing the Hugo Chavezes of this world through the democratic process.”

“Democratic socialism is not a new version of socialism; it is just another method of establishing socialism. This slow-roll strategy designed to do to the United States incrementally what Russian Bolshevism did to Russia in 1917 abruptly.”

This also explains why Democratic socialists in America dislike Putin even though he is a Marxist too. One can draw the conclusion that Democratic Socialists see Putin as a competitor.

The reader can investigate further and draw their own conclusions. When Dr. Sobel refers to criminals who distort much of what Marx and Engels wrote, does he include the darlings of the Democratic Socialists, Bill Ayers and his wife Bernardine Dohrn, former leaders of the Weather Underground domestic terror group, and the members of the movement called Antifa?

In conclusion, I reiterate my previous statement that in over two years since the 2016 presidential election, the Democratic socialists in this country, along with their supporters in the mainstream media, have not accepted the results of the last presidential election.

Walter Jaworski
New Hyde Park

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