https://nitter.net/LaurenceERhode1/status/1751392799990353942

  • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
    hexagon
    ·
    9 months ago

    I mean i assume as a Hexbear poster you know what historical materialism is and what Marxists mean by "historically progressive"?

    Like, we think The French Revolution was a historically necessary event. France (and Europe) needed to progress from feudalism to capitalism.

    That doesnt mean we think capitalist/imperialist France is good or what happened to whichever of those countries youre from was good. Just that history needs to progress so we can get to communism.

    I dont want to talk down here. Just be clear with whats intended and what Marxists mean by this. None of us think that liberal capitalist France is good.