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State and Revolution
- Narrated by: Chris Matthews
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
State and Revolution (1917) describes the role of the state in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution. It describes the inherent nature of the state as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class' desire to control all other social classes. Whether a dictatorship or a democracy, the state remains in the control of the ruling class. Even in a democratic capitalist republic, the ruling class will never willingly relinquish political power, maintaining it via various strategies. Hence, according to this view, communist revolution is the sole remedy for the abolition of the state.
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- Diolúin Ó'hUigín
- 25-02-20
Narrator and editing needs work
Mispronunciation of some names. Many stutters and stops not edited out, so some sentences were read twice.
Overall still quite good.
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- Daniel
- 14-07-20
essential reading
essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the foundations and strategic necessities of achieving a future without capitalist exploitation of man by man.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-06-21
Great book. Poor narration.
Fine and important words stumbled over, repeated, and lacking in emphasis or apparent interest from the narrator. Luckily the text transcends, but this is a brilliant book which deserves better.
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- TS
- 19-11-20
To understand the mistakes of the past...
To understand the terrible mistakes of the Soviet Union this is an excellent insight into the thought processes that inspired Lenin to the actions he chose.
The book itself is typical of Lenin. His mind wanders angrily along various intellectual paths which he so fervently declares as the only Truth known to man! This is a man who knew one thing beyond all else - that his way was the only way and anyone who opposed him was beyond contempt!
I strongly suggest you listen to this audiobook and draw your own conclusions on a very poorly understood area of history.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-06-20
Based
Based explanation on how a communist state might come to be. A must read for any politically engaged/curious person.
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- Spuddy Spud
- 24-01-21
Poor narration
You can get download a PDF of this for free, and I'd suggest that you do. The narrator puts emphases in odd places, making it more difficult to understand when listening to it than just reading it!
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- FG4E
- 03-06-23
Lenin was an idiot
If you want a book on Socialism this isn't it, Both Lenin in writing and in practice have nothing to do with Socialism
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