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State and Revolution

Written by: Vladimir Ilich Lenin
Narrated by: Chris Matthews
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State and Revolution (1917) describes the role of the state in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution. It describes the inherent nature of the state as a tool for class oppression, a creation born of one social class' desire to control all other social classes. Whether a dictatorship or a democracy, the state remains in the control of the ruling class. Even in a democratic capitalist republic, the ruling class will never willingly relinquish political power, maintaining it via various strategies. Hence, according to this view, communist revolution is the sole remedy for the abolition of the state.

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...I surely did not pick the best one.
The content of the book is what it is and should come as no surprise to those looking to read it. But the audio engineering and narrator's performance were *lacking*. At numerous points were sentences and phrases repeatedly as if retakes were simply stitched together without editing and the German book titles were butchered like the narrator saw them for the first time and gave it a stab. Clearly none of them were rehearsed or their pronunciation looked up prior. Breathlessly rushing through these titles did not help. Translating them or consulting a single German speaker might have though.

Considering the variety of narrated versions on the app...

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What a terrible intro! Whoever wrote the introduction didn't actually read the book. Translation was considerably weaker than the Progress Publishers edition which detracted from the clarity and obscured some passages.

Pretty Good

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I like how lenin clears up many misconceptions created by opportunists. The book is perfect for anyone learning socialism

Well written book

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i really like lenin, i listen to this book regularly. the guy was really on to something

get rekt Anarchists

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An audiobook should make Lenin more accessible and easy to digest. This narrator unfortunately is droning, monotonous, and pauses at strange points in the sentence, making it very difficult to follow. It almost sounds like it's being read by a voice to text app. Very odd.

Read Lenin but choose a different recording.

important text, stilted narration

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