• AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml
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      2 hours ago

      I have read it. And either you’re just cynically referencing an argument you haven’t read yourself, or you’re missing two key points of what Lenin’s saying there. First, he’s not talking about voting for ‘the lesser of two evils’ he’s talking about voting for an explicitly socialist party with revolutionary politics. And the point of doing that isn’t to do democratic socialism, it’s to demonstrate to the masses the conflict between liberal democracy and actual liberatory politics. The ruling class would never allow a peaceful surrender of their power so a truly socialist party would be stymied and sabotaged by all methods, dirty and illegal included.

      What you’re arguing has nothing to do with what Lenin’s arguing in that link.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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        1 hour ago

        That’s awfully presumptuous. His argument is to cater your suite of strategies to the citizenry you’re surrounded by, and their class consciousness. Strategies ill-suited to the material conditions you find yourself in do not help your cause. Insofar as the proletariat is invested in the system, you must use that system.

        Yes, obviously, endeavor to enlighten them. But the people are slow learners, and just because your leftist friends are ready to derail the tram does not reflect the class consciousness of your countrymen. Even the Germans in question had a higher level of class consciousness than modern Americans. Lenin’s argument logically extends.