In Polar Marxism, the spelling of anti matters.
When anti is written as one word with the term, it names the general essence of the concept. In this form, the word refers to plan, planned organization, or a concept connected with plan.
For example:
antimarket means plan: the general replacement of market regulation by planned organization.
anticapitalism means the general movement or system directed against capital.
anticapitalist means a person, force, or form connected with the general movement against capital.
antiideology means Marxism as the general opposite of ideology.
When anti- is written with a hyphen, it refers to the Chinese form, RDP of the Second Type, and the specific structure in which market and capitalist elements are placed under the logic of plan.
For example:
anti-market means the market in the Chinese form: a market subordinated to plan, a market placed in the service of antimarket.
anti-capitalist means a capitalist element inside the Chinese form: a NEPman-type figure, national bourgeois element, or capitalist actor subordinated to the anticapitalist center.
anti-capitalism means capitalism turned against itself inside the Chinese form: capitalist mechanisms reversed, limited, and placed on the rails of plan.
The rule is:
One-word form = general essence, plan, or plan-related concept.
Hyphenated form = Chinese form, RDP of the Second Type, market and capitalist elements subordinated to plan.
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