The distinction of Lenin between oppressor and oppressed nations is not wrong, but it does not touch upon the roots of the capitalist mode of production. Oppression and oppressed are superstructural features that have no direct relation with the basis and an abolition of a particular form of oppression has no fundamental impact on the material conditions of capitalist society.
This is so fucking wrong. Oppressed and oppressor are base features. I hate trots so much.
Social relations are indeed superstructure (i think so anyway), but it is blatantly anti-dialectical to assume that changes in the superstructure do not impact the base. And it is even more absurd to ignore such dynamics given that they are the basis of literally all revolutionary movements.
I harped on base because so much of what the Zionist entity does to Palestine - denying them food and water, bombing them 24/7, forcibly evicting them, hunting them for sport - definitely affects their ability to meet their needs materially, as well as how they go about meeting those needs. IIRC the superstructure was more social, cultural, and political aspects that arise from and reinforce the base, but I don’t think superstructure refers to the relation itself.
Regardless, they ignore how one affects the other as you pointed out.
This is so fucking wrong. Oppressed and oppressor are base features. I hate trots so much.
Social relations are indeed superstructure (i think so anyway), but it is blatantly anti-dialectical to assume that changes in the superstructure do not impact the base. And it is even more absurd to ignore such dynamics given that they are the basis of literally all revolutionary movements.
I harped on base because so much of what the Zionist entity does to Palestine - denying them food and water, bombing them 24/7, forcibly evicting them, hunting them for sport - definitely affects their ability to meet their needs materially, as well as how they go about meeting those needs. IIRC the superstructure was more social, cultural, and political aspects that arise from and reinforce the base, but I don’t think superstructure refers to the relation itself.
Regardless, they ignore how one affects the other as you pointed out.