CleverOleg [he/him]

Right I understand and sympathize with OP’s point, but there’s probably zero chance I’d be a commie without the internet.

Right. I don’t trust that watermelon seller any further than I can throw him.

It’s a bit clunky in English but I do agree with the framing.

I know there will be endless arguing over not including the US, UK, and France as fascist countries but in reality they were not fascist. Of course those countries sucked - all three were maintaining brutal colonial empires at the time - but to call them fascist is to basically strip fascism as meaning anything. You can still be evil and not fascist. Japan, Germany, and Italy all possessed unique qualities as states (fascism) and they were on the same side. I think it’s a reasonable description.

Once japan was off the main land China stopped fighting them

I don’t think China had any ability to continue fighting Japan once they were off the mainland.

Did those who advocate for abolition of slavery have intensely detailed plans for how an economy would function post-slavery, complete with successful examples of societies that built some other economic system after slavery?

Marx and Engels spoke just enough about future socialism to provide the framework. They didn’t fill in the details because that is not possible, there is no one-size-fits all blue print for socialism. Each time and place has its own specific context that must be accounted for. Ignore that and you will likely fail.

Also, Marx and Engels whole point was to describe the history of all hitherto society, and how class struggle defines that history. To try and authoritatively say “this is the precise next step” would be undialectical and anathema to their entire approach.