About the communist transition in the USSR

a critique of the socialist revolution theory. Lenin and the historical significance of his proposal for state capitalism

Abstract

The unprecedented transition to communism placed in history by the Russian Revolution of 1917 forced its theoretical leaders to resolve the task of conceiving and successfully carrying out such a transition. Lenin was, without a doubt, the one who came closest to unveiling this process, in dispute with the majority of theorists, although he still bore the burden of the misunderstanding of the theory of socialist revolution, with a Lassallean matrix, which has nothing to do with Marx. Lenin's theory on state capitalism clearly demonstrates the richness of his thought, by revealing the necessary communist root of the transition, and the necessary and mandatory elements for a transition that would remain faithful to the task of emancipating workers.