Post by RedFlag32 on May 24, 2007 23:04:33 GMT
Ive taken this from the revleft forum,i was wondering what posters here thought so i copied and pasted it. Well whats your verdict?
I've just been browsing Orwell's Homage To Catalonia again, and it struck me the differences he described between how the militias were organised, equal pay, no saluting, no privileged officer class, democratically elected officers to a large extent and the general army was organised.
What do you think? Do you think that a revolutionary army or set of militias should have different pay rates for the officers and privates? Does an army need the institution of saluting? Can an elected officer corps actually be efficient in enforcing orders?
Should orders be obeyed because of comradeship and belief in revolution, or because the person might be shot or otherwise punished if they don't obey?
I have my opinions (which I am sure you can guess), but I am interested in what other people think. Particularly people who identify as Stalinists, Marxist-Leninists, Leninists and Trotskists (if only because I'm sure I know what the anarchists think).
I've just been browsing Orwell's Homage To Catalonia again, and it struck me the differences he described between how the militias were organised, equal pay, no saluting, no privileged officer class, democratically elected officers to a large extent and the general army was organised.
What do you think? Do you think that a revolutionary army or set of militias should have different pay rates for the officers and privates? Does an army need the institution of saluting? Can an elected officer corps actually be efficient in enforcing orders?
Should orders be obeyed because of comradeship and belief in revolution, or because the person might be shot or otherwise punished if they don't obey?
I have my opinions (which I am sure you can guess), but I am interested in what other people think. Particularly people who identify as Stalinists, Marxist-Leninists, Leninists and Trotskists (if only because I'm sure I know what the anarchists think).