[lbo-talk] Vietnamese Leninism (was re Eyewitness in Tikrit)

[dredmond at efn.org]

Quoting Todd Archer <todda39 at hotmail.com>:


> though the "Communist" Party might be in power (like it is in China), is it 
> really accurate to call them "Leninists" or even communists anymore?  Aren't
> they just one more authoritarian (possibly mildly socialist) regime now?

I'm not sure that communism has ever existed on this planet. "Developmental
state socialist" might be the best term for Vietnam today -- not too different
from, say, 1950s Japan or 1970s South Korea.

-- DRR