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“Patriotic Socialism” is cringe
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Nah this ain't it chief. Marxism and nationalism can coexist, as Stalin writes here and Mao, Ho Chi Minh, and the rest of the third world liberation movements have demonstrated. You can be both nationalistic and build up your own nation while supporting the workers of the world. Where nationalism cannot work with Marxism is in settler colonialist states like the United States, whose entire national identity is built upon genocide and death.
It’s a tactical concession to attract national bourgeoisie (or peasants :vivian-shrug: ), nothing more
I don't think Mao would agree with you here. It's definitely more nuanced than you're implying.
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Like it’s an obvious shortcut in a war of liberation, sure, but say there is no war?
There's never been an actually existing socialist state without a long and drawn out war of national liberation, whether that be a civil war or otherwise, so that hypothetical doesn't interest me too much.