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That it is not fundamentally different from the role of men.

Of course there are biological differences between men and woman, but both are workers and both must be empowered by communism.

The differences today in the conditions and treatment of the genders are a function of a "divide and conquer" mentality which the master class inflicts on the working class - in the same was as ethnicity is.

A communist society is to me very simply a democratically planned one, where each member gives what they can, and takes what they need. For each person there are differences in both regards, but I dont see that there are intrinisic differences between men and women other than in very heavy work and certain health and care jobs.

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1 - My view is that there are no existing communist states in modern history: that Russia and the Russian empire was not properly a communist state, but in fact a kind of state feudalism

2 - They cannot be reconciled in my opinion. Capitalism is a flawed and self destructive system of economy and the management of resources. Even in the greatest superpower of the some people do not have housing, do not have access to health care, do not even have enough to eat. By human standards we have no possibility but to judge a system that produces this affect in even the most powerful and wealthy state as utterly failed.

Capitalism cannot prevent exploitation, cannot prevent misery, cannot help it us but to rashly pollute our world, cannot distribute resources is a way that is acceptable by human standards. As the crashes and the failures of capitalism become worse and worse, a communistic method of managing the economy becomes a reality simply because it is the only possibility.

3 & 4 - The distinction between socialism and communism which Lenin made is to me a false one. A kind of state managed capitalism can only be a very very temporary measure - it is not to my mind an alternative to communism, or a real stepping stone to communism - it is just a mutation of capitalism. In all countries the state makes some intervention in the market - to regulate behaviour, to enforce laws other than the law of accumulation... a country like Cuba is merely a more democratic form of capitalism, but still a flawed society.

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