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Sometimes I wonder how many “Marxists” really have read Marx.
Only those that did know that you can't vote away capitalism.
No you can’t. It collapses on the weight of its own contradictions. Any imposition of socialism without the right material conditions is doomed.
Capitalism doesn't just collapse, it prepares the conditions for its own overthrow. You can have a successful revolution without the entire collapse of society. In the era of imperialism, for example, we see export of the contradictions of the global north to the global south, which is why no revolution has happened in the global north despite Marx's predictions.
It's not a passive process and the arising of socialism isn't guaranteed.
What's that im reference to?
In reference to how socialism will truly come about, Marx literally criticized the kind of thinking that dominates left wing thinking nowadays.
Communism and Marx are objectively left wing, and “left wing thinking” could mean any number of things. Without being specific about what you mean, it’s unfalsifiable.
Pity he was banned. I was curious to see what his specific points were.
There's some interesting discussions to be had of Marx's writings on electoralism, revolution, and republics.
What thinking did he criticise so literally?