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'''"Actually existing socialism"''' ('''AES'''), also known as "'''real socialism'''" or "'''existing socialism'''", is a [[revisionist]]<ref>[https://queer-bolshevik.medium.com/the-aes-doctrine-wrong-then-wrong-now-a8666de371da The “AES” Doctrine: Wrong Then, Wrong Now] (September 14, 2020)</ref> concept which originated in the [[Leonid Brezhnev|Brezhnevite]] [[Soviet Union]] involving militant support for nominally [[socialist states]] which survived the [[ | |||
'''"Actually existing socialism"''' ('''AES'''), also known as "'''real socialism'''" or "'''existing socialism'''", is a [[revisionist]]<ref>[https://queer-bolshevik.medium.com/the-aes-doctrine-wrong-then-wrong-now-a8666de371da The “AES” Doctrine: Wrong Then, Wrong Now] (September 14, 2020)</ref> concept which originated in the [[Leonid Brezhnev|Brezhnevite]] [[Soviet Union]] involving militant support for nominally [[socialist states]] which survived the [[Fall of the Eastern Bloc|end of the Cold War]]. Supporters of "AES" may argue that spreading revolution and thus building socialism in one's own country is secondary or even futile (particularly when it concerns "first world countries", as most supporters of the "AES" doctrine also happen to be [[Dengism|Dengists]] or [[Maoism-Third Worldism|third-worldists]]). "AES" followers care little for actual ideological content, and instead base their view of "socialism" off rhetoric and symbols which the ruling parties of so-called "AES" states maintain. Thus, "AES" followers view countries such as modern China (a state which is social-imperialist and organized on a fascist corporatist and class collaborationist economic model) or the former Brezhnevite Soviet Union as being entirely socialist and full [[Dictatorship of the Proletariat|dictatorships of the proletariat]] (despite neither modern China nor the historical revisionist Soviet Union actually claiming to be proletarian dictatorships). | |||
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Revision as of 20:08, 24 June 2024
"Actually existing socialism" (AES), also known as "real socialism" or "existing socialism", is a revisionist[1] concept which originated in the Brezhnevite Soviet Union involving militant support for nominally socialist states which survived the end of the Cold War. Supporters of "AES" may argue that spreading revolution and thus building socialism in one's own country is secondary or even futile (particularly when it concerns "first world countries", as most supporters of the "AES" doctrine also happen to be Dengists or third-worldists). "AES" followers care little for actual ideological content, and instead base their view of "socialism" off rhetoric and symbols which the ruling parties of so-called "AES" states maintain. Thus, "AES" followers view countries such as modern China (a state which is social-imperialist and organized on a fascist corporatist and class collaborationist economic model) or the former Brezhnevite Soviet Union as being entirely socialist and full dictatorships of the proletariat (despite neither modern China nor the historical revisionist Soviet Union actually claiming to be proletarian dictatorships).
See also
References
- ↑ The “AES” Doctrine: Wrong Then, Wrong Now (September 14, 2020)