An Open Letter to Jason Unruhe, the "Maoist Rebel"

Dear Jason,

When I tried to engage you in serious political discourse surrounding your interpretation of Marx and Lenin's views, I had the best of intentions of changing your mind. I didn't expect I would end up blocked from your YouTube channel, with some "one-liner" insults as responses... Well, expecting something different from a Stalinite is, of course, foolish of me. Though, my concern is not so much about being blocked and unable to view your awkward and reactionary "news" videos, but your total disregard for the evidence I provided you.

I first contacted you via a private message, asking your opinion on some of your viewers who viewed the dictatorship of the proletariat and socialism as the same thing. My expectation was a response saying that you didn't hold that view, but held the typical Stalinite line. You responded, to my amusement, that "they are, its a part of Leninist theory"... I immediately consulted a Stalinist friend, who said, contrary to your claim that, the dictatorship of the proletariat and socialism were the same [added commas, expressing that the view is not yours, but the friend of mine]. This got me to thinking that you may have misread Marx and Lenin, or you just didn't read them at all, and didn't realize that they expressed that they viewed socialism as a classless society. What person in their right mind, who claims they are the ideological descendants of Marx and Lenin, could claim something contrary to them? So, I responded by providing you with both quotes from Marx, using his Critique of the Gotha Programme, and Lenin's State and Revolution, chapter 5. Perhaps that would open your eyes, and make you rethink your position... of course, you didn't, and just responded with more blithering bull shit. What'd you say? Oh, you said "wtf is wrong with you? Do you not see what you're doing? Dictatorship of the Proletariat is socialism, becuase in capitalism the bourgeois is the dictatorship. Why are you stupid? You're defining socialism as communism. I hereby order you to stop calling yourself a communist. Go form another international. Seriously you're fucked."

Are you really this fucking dumb, or are you afraid of being wrong and losing a part of your fan base? If you were really a Marxist, you would be acknowledging that you haven't read Lenin's State and Revolution and you have been totally ignorant of the facts. You would actually read, and be telling your fans to stop being ignorant as well. The fact that Marxists view the Dictatorship of the Proletariat and socialism to be two different societies is right there, in chapter 5 of State and Revolution. Ask any Marxist that isn't a Stalinite, they will tell you the difference. Plain and simple, you are wrong when you claim that the dictatorship of the proletariat and socialism were the same; you are wrong when you claim that socialism is not classless, and is separate from communism. This expression of revisionism is rather annoying, and I beseech you to stop it... just stop.

Lastly, and certainly the least, I am astonished that you actually decided to block me; preventing me from subscribing to your channel, commenting on your videos, and having any possible discourse with you, or your fan base. Am I really that threatening to your revisionist and reactionary views?

All the best,

T.K.

Edit Notice: Due to some poor wording, as a result of my hastily written post, I have edited certain points to make clear my argument to MaoistRebelNews. Obviously some grammatical errors gave him the bulk of his argument.