The USSR and PRC did not have dictatorships, this is a misunderstanding of the Soviet structure and the concept of the Mass Line. Not even the CIA believed the USSR to be a dictatorship. The USSR had a more democratic structure than the US:

I recommend reading, among the other books linked, Blackshirts and Reds.

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hey. I'm the creator of ComLib, I haven't been making any EPUBs for some time, but I want to get back into it. Do you have anything you want made into an EPUB? If you don't, do you have any recommendation for what I should work on next?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Elementary Principles of Philosophy, by Georges Politzer! Extremely straightforward and fantastic introduction to Dialectical and Historical Materialism, in a manner that builds from the beginnings of Idealism, Materialism, and Dialectics, and how over time these changed and built off each other alongside science, technology, and Mode of Production.

Great work, by the way!

[–] Edie@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There was a pretty decent EPUB at https://annas-archive.org/md5/5212d271f108a89b4dbd54b658b4fbda so I modified it very slightly, https://comlib.encryptionin.space/epubs/elementary-principles-of-philosophy/

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago

Ayyyy LET'SSS GOOOO! GREAT JOB!

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