Why wasn't communism achieved following the mass industrialization of the Soviet Union and China?
From my understanding of Marxism, communism should be the natural consequence of the inherent contradictions of capitalism in the context of an industrial society, which is a necessary condition.
While it made sense in the wake of the russian and chinese civil wars for a mixed system led by a revolutionary elite since both countries had just exited the feudal stage, why couldn't those countries reach communism as Marx envisioned once they had reached a high degree of industrialization?
>>2952156>Why wasn't communism achieved following the mass industrialization of the Soviet Union and China?because the rest of the global economy was capitalist, and the imperial core in particular did its best to implement anticommunist measures both locally and abroad, using its superior military to suppress socialist uprising in the periphery.
>>2952231not even the CPC claims china is communist. the CPC line is that China is building the primary stage of socialism, and will not be finished doing so until about 2050.