Cries in 150 years old "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" by Friedrich Engels
"The realistic thing is achieving meaningful change using the legal path and through the pre-existing institutions, as has never happened in history, as opposed to through worker organizing and revolutionary means!"
I saw this tweet that was something like “Marx didn’t consider x! *goes on to reinvent political tendency Marx spent essays railing against” and it’s proving to be pretty evergreen
Because actually reading Marx is impossible for them. They know that they'd have to actually argue against his points if they read his books so they didn't and instead try to imagine what he said.
Cries in 150 years old "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific" by Friedrich Engels
"The realistic thing is achieving meaningful change using the legal path and through the pre-existing institutions, as has never happened in history, as opposed to through worker organizing and revolutionary means!"
I saw this tweet that was something like “Marx didn’t consider x! *goes on to reinvent political tendency Marx spent essays railing against” and it’s proving to be pretty evergreen
Marx and Lenin dunked so hard on reformists that I can't help but be surprised that these "debates" still take place 150 years later (100 for Lenin)
Because actually reading Marx is impossible for them. They know that they'd have to actually argue against his points if they read his books so they didn't and instead try to imagine what he said.
pragmatism is when you adopt a 100% of your opponents principles.