Lenin on character of Soviet state

[Joe R. Golowka]

Tahir Wood wrote:
> Yep here you have the 'best' of Cde Lenin in a nutshell. State capitalism will somehow lead to socialism. This is how the counter-revolution was able to present itself as the revolution, by this sort of decree. But we can at least agree that Lenin sincerely believed this (in his deepest convictions!). The fact that this theory has been proved false time and again does not seem to bother the dogmatists who are still prepared to assert it with all the confidence of blind faith in the words of the prophet of old, still prepared to smear anyone who does not share their rightwing perspective in the same old way.
> 
> I wonder if anyone knows BTW when the theory of state capitalism as transition to socialism was first articulated and what justifications, if any, were found in Marx (or perhaps Engels) for this?
> 
> Tahir

Some would argue that Marx himself was the first to articulate it:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8195/marx_critique.htm

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Joe R. Golowka
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