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Karl Marx, born on this day in 1818, was a foundational political theorist and journalist associated with the philosophy of Marxism.
Among Marx's best-known texts are the "The Communist Manifesto" and the three-volume "Das Kapital", in which he set out to define and explain the behavior of the capitalist mode of production.
Marx's political and philosophical thought have had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun, and a school of social theory.
Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics - collectively understood as Marxism - hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production, and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labor power in return for wages.
Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx concluded that, like previous socio-economic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions which would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.
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Lenin question: I'm reading a biography and pre-Great War, it appears that Lenin approved of elections and there were Bolshevik delegates in the State Dumas. Did he change his mind about electoralism after the war or something? I'm sure I can figure it out if I keep reading but I'm impatient and this has been bugging me for a while
I would recommend "Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder" wherein he explains his views on this very topic. Its informative to why tactics, such as whether or not to engage in electoralism, are never black or white and depend on critical analysis of present conditions.
ah perfect thank you! In the biography I'm reading, the author talks disparagingly about how Lenin boasted about how much of a strict adherent to Marxism he was, but was constantly changing his positions on things if it suited him...And like yeah dude communist revolution had never been tried before, of course he's gonna change course. The author is a known lib though but apparently gives a pretty accurate account of events. His editorializing is obnoxious though
Lenin criticized the german revolutionaries for doing revolution too early because the working class there hadnβt given up on electoralism yet.
A lot of radlibs like to use that to justify vooooting for the dems. Which lenin would have never advocated in the first place.
That line of thinking is insane to me lol how the fuck would someone ever come to that conclusion
Idk ask voosh. He was one of the largest of that contingent. I guess some people will just say anything to justify supporting the empire.