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'''Actually existing socialism''' ('''AES''') is a term | <blockquote>''"AES" redirects here. For other uses, see [[AES (disambiguation)]].''</blockquote>[[File:AES map.png|thumb|472x472px|Map showing current AES in dark red and former AES in orange]] | ||
'''Actually existing socialism''' ('''AES''') is a term commonly used to refer to [[Socialist state|socialist states]], that is, states governed by a [[dictatorship of the proletariat]]. | |||
The five predominantly recognized AES states are [[People's Republic of China|China]], [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]], [[Lao People's Democratic Republic|Laos]], [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]], and, [[Democratic People's Republic of Korea|Korea]], while examples of [[Former Existing Socialism|former AES states]] include the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|Soviet Union]], [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]], and the [[Warsaw Pact]] countries of [[Eastern Europe]]. | |||
== Controversies == | |||
=== Ultra-leftist denial === | |||
[[Ultra-leftism|Ultra-leftists]] (particularly [[Maoism|Maoists]] and [[Hoxhaism|Hoxhaists]]) deny the existence of currently existing socialist states on the basis of them being [[revisionism|revisionist]] and, in the case of the Soviet Union and China, displaying what they claim to be [[social-imperialism]]. They also argue that the term 'AES' was coined by Soviet leader [[Leonid Brezhnev]] and thus is inherently a revisionist term.<ref>{{Citation|author=Leonid Brezhnev|year=1977|title=Brezhnev on the Theory of Developed Socialism|title-url=https://soviethistory.msu.edu/1980-2/our-little-father/our-little-father-texts/brezhnev-on-the-theory-of-developed-socialism/}}</ref> Brezhnev, however, used the term to mean countries following the Soviet method of economic planning. | |||
== References == | |||
[[Category:Marxist terminology]] | [[Category:Marxist terminology]] | ||
Latest revision as of 17:43, 25 September 2025
"AES" redirects here. For other uses, see AES (disambiguation).
Actually existing socialism (AES) is a term commonly used to refer to socialist states, that is, states governed by a dictatorship of the proletariat.
The five predominantly recognized AES states are China, Cuba, Laos, Vietnam, and, Korea, while examples of former AES states include the Soviet Union, Mongolia, and the Warsaw Pact countries of Eastern Europe.
Controversies[edit | edit source]
Ultra-leftist denial[edit | edit source]
Ultra-leftists (particularly Maoists and Hoxhaists) deny the existence of currently existing socialist states on the basis of them being revisionist and, in the case of the Soviet Union and China, displaying what they claim to be social-imperialism. They also argue that the term 'AES' was coined by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and thus is inherently a revisionist term.[1] Brezhnev, however, used the term to mean countries following the Soviet method of economic planning.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Leonid Brezhnev (1977). Brezhnev on the Theory of Developed Socialism.