it would be better to leapfrog straight to a victorious leninist party, but where is the historical analysis in that? the whole point of a marxist approach is to reckon with the actual balance of social forces in a society, including the real development of class experiences, made in this case by a class regenerating after at least half a century of bitter defeats experienced by their parents and grandparents
a rigorous analysis requires a confrontation with the actual trajectory of class consciousness in core societies; such an analysis would surely show that the masses in most european states are not now ready for a leninist approach, though that day may come after a renewed parliamentary wave is destroyed by bourgeois forces in ever more blatant, illiberal fashion
perhaps we would wish ourselves a different political situation, but we risk idealism by dreaming too much of a society and conjuncture other than the one we are presented with by history
The problem is that we can’t really afford to do it every 20 years for every generation.
it would be better to leapfrog straight to a victorious leninist party, but where is the historical analysis in that? the whole point of a marxist approach is to reckon with the actual balance of social forces in a society, including the real development of class experiences, made in this case by a class regenerating after at least half a century of bitter defeats experienced by their parents and grandparents
a rigorous analysis requires a confrontation with the actual trajectory of class consciousness in core societies; such an analysis would surely show that the masses in most european states are not now ready for a leninist approach, though that day may come after a renewed parliamentary wave is destroyed by bourgeois forces in ever more blatant, illiberal fashion
perhaps we would wish ourselves a different political situation, but we risk idealism by dreaming too much of a society and conjuncture other than the one we are presented with by history