Passing houses of congress from one bourgeois party to another doesn’t actually give power to the people. We will see what comes of the French protests, but it’s far likelier to get larger scale change.
You’ll flip congress without my help, or you’ll get systemic change without my help? The former is literally out of my hands no matter how I vote, the latter requires organizing and deepening political consciousness among the working class, and while I individually am not so important in the grand scheme of things, it takes people willing to bring others towards a more correct viewpoint and strategy for change to occur.
And yet the DSA, no matter how many get elected, will not be able to establish socialism without revolution. The DSA isn’t a revolutionary organization either, it’s dedicated to reformism. This is actually a big debate within the DSA, and because of its structure and lack of ideological cohesion (which it sacrifices in order to swell membership), it is unlikely that it will become revolutionary and therefore effective without a serious rupture.
That’s why it’s so important to study the science of revolution and social change, rather than simply going with whatever feels good at the time.
No? What I want is clear: the establishment of socialism, and an end to imperialism and settler-colonialism in Turtle Island. I know any socialist transition will be flawed and imperfect, but those are my 3 requirements, because they are the bare minimum needed to end the constant war, genocide, pilfering of the global south, and threat of climate change.
I don’t think I’m smarter than my fellow workers. I do know that I’ve read more Marxist theory, but the vast majority of theory that I’ve read has come after I entered the work force. It doesn’t take intelligence to study theory, it takes time and effort, which is something the working class is always short on. That’s why it’s the duty of those who either have the time or the dedication to study to try to bring up the rest of the working class who may not share the same time or dedication.
Reforms within capitalism cannot bring about socialism, nor can they end imperialism, nor can they end settler-colonialism. The capitalist state of the US is just that, a capitalist state, not a neutral state to be used by just anyone. The state is a product of the economic base of society, which is why revolutionary change is a base requirement to bring genuine change to the superstructure of society.
You’re fully capable of comprehending this, at a certain point it’s a deliberate choice to not hear out the Marxists on your part. You’re not stupid at all, nor do you need to read a bunch of theory to understand the basics.
Passing houses of congress from one bourgeois party to another doesn’t actually give power to the people. We will see what comes of the French protests, but it’s far likelier to get larger scale change.
And we’ll do it without the help of people like you.
You’ll flip congress without my help, or you’ll get systemic change without my help? The former is literally out of my hands no matter how I vote, the latter requires organizing and deepening political consciousness among the working class, and while I individually am not so important in the grand scheme of things, it takes people willing to bring others towards a more correct viewpoint and strategy for change to occur.
The first next month, the second in the long term.
We didn’t riot our new crop of democratic socialists into office. We voted them in.
And yet the DSA, no matter how many get elected, will not be able to establish socialism without revolution. The DSA isn’t a revolutionary organization either, it’s dedicated to reformism. This is actually a big debate within the DSA, and because of its structure and lack of ideological cohesion (which it sacrifices in order to swell membership), it is unlikely that it will become revolutionary and therefore effective without a serious rupture.
That’s why it’s so important to study the science of revolution and social change, rather than simply going with whatever feels good at the time.
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No? What I want is clear: the establishment of socialism, and an end to imperialism and settler-colonialism in Turtle Island. I know any socialist transition will be flawed and imperfect, but those are my 3 requirements, because they are the bare minimum needed to end the constant war, genocide, pilfering of the global south, and threat of climate change.
I don’t think I’m smarter than my fellow workers. I do know that I’ve read more Marxist theory, but the vast majority of theory that I’ve read has come after I entered the work force. It doesn’t take intelligence to study theory, it takes time and effort, which is something the working class is always short on. That’s why it’s the duty of those who either have the time or the dedication to study to try to bring up the rest of the working class who may not share the same time or dedication.
Reforms within capitalism cannot bring about socialism, nor can they end imperialism, nor can they end settler-colonialism. The capitalist state of the US is just that, a capitalist state, not a neutral state to be used by just anyone. The state is a product of the economic base of society, which is why revolutionary change is a base requirement to bring genuine change to the superstructure of society.
You’re fully capable of comprehending this, at a certain point it’s a deliberate choice to not hear out the Marxists on your part. You’re not stupid at all, nor do you need to read a bunch of theory to understand the basics.