Class struggle doesn’t depend on the left, because the people with a stake in workers revolution go far beyond the “left”
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Class struggle isn’t synonymous with the left; throughout the history of the proletarian struggle, there’s been a fundamental separation between the left and the parts of the communist movement that are effective. Lenin applied the description of “infantile disorder” to what he called “left-wing communism” because communism is distinct from the ideological dichotomies within bourgeois politics. Its goal was never merely to advance whatever is considered to be the most “leftist,” its purpose is instead to advance civilization to the next developmental stage; which is a task that’s impeded when communists stray from their true mission, and compete over who’s most to the “left.”
Class struggle doesn’t depend on the left, because the people with a stake in workers revolution go far beyond the “left”
Class struggle doesn’t depend on the left…
Class struggle doesn’t depend on the left, because the people with a stake in workers revolution go far beyond the “left”
Class struggle isn’t synonymous with the left; throughout the history of the proletarian struggle, there’s been a fundamental separation between the left and the parts of the communist movement that are effective. Lenin applied the description of “infantile disorder” to what he called “left-wing communism” because communism is distinct from the ideological dichotomies within bourgeois politics. Its goal was never merely to advance whatever is considered to be the most “leftist,” its purpose is instead to advance civilization to the next developmental stage; which is a task that’s impeded when communists stray from their true mission, and compete over who’s most to the “left.”