Non-violent paths to power are only available in colonized nations, where the national bourgeoise will split from the comprador bourgeoise.
unfortunately mariátegui was correct to point out that there's no relevant national bourgeoisie in countries that were created by colonizers, it's all compradores
so that's not a viable path for places like latin america
There is absolutely relevant national bourgeoise in colonial states, are you even aware of the class composition of the Chinese, Venezuelan or Algerian anti-colonial socialist revolutions for instance? The national bourgeoise played a large role in all of these.
i said this precisely so that you could deduce places like china weren't included
and i have no idea how it is for africa, but the venezuelan bourgeoisie is made of compradores. there will be exceptions obviously, but not enough to constitute a single, separate class
i mentioned mariátegui because he's kind of one of the founders (if not the founder) of latin american marxism (as in marxism specifically targeting latin american material conditions), and his explanation of how our bourgeoisie developed from this colonial origin (as opposed to merely a colonial past like in china) makes them essentially compradores
bear in mind, i'm not glad that this happens to be our case, because it makes everything that much harder for us, so if you find a way to show me mariátegui was wrong it'll make me a little less hopeless. most communists around here agree with him though, because it becomes very obvious when we see the discourse and attitude coming from our capitalists - it's just like mariátegui describes, they lack national identity and always show a profound contempt for our culture and history, and have a weird sort of pride in their subservience to imperial interests, acting like geopolitical PMCs (think PMC liberals sucking off billionaires - they think they're the same kind of people, it's really sad)
i imagine algeria being vastly muslim helped them with this, because it's a clear identifier to contrast against the colonizer's culture
unfortunately mariátegui was correct to point out that there's no relevant national bourgeoisie in countries that were created by colonizers, it's all compradores
so that's not a viable path for places like latin america
There is absolutely relevant national bourgeoise in colonial states, are you even aware of the class composition of the Chinese, Venezuelan or Algerian anti-colonial socialist revolutions for instance? The national bourgeoise played a large role in all of these.
i said this precisely so that you could deduce places like china weren't included
and i have no idea how it is for africa, but the venezuelan bourgeoisie is made of compradores. there will be exceptions obviously, but not enough to constitute a single, separate class
i mentioned mariátegui because he's kind of one of the founders (if not the founder) of latin american marxism (as in marxism specifically targeting latin american material conditions), and his explanation of how our bourgeoisie developed from this colonial origin (as opposed to merely a colonial past like in china) makes them essentially compradores
he gave a good enough sum up in 1929, you can see it here
bear in mind, i'm not glad that this happens to be our case, because it makes everything that much harder for us, so if you find a way to show me mariátegui was wrong it'll make me a little less hopeless. most communists around here agree with him though, because it becomes very obvious when we see the discourse and attitude coming from our capitalists - it's just like mariátegui describes, they lack national identity and always show a profound contempt for our culture and history, and have a weird sort of pride in their subservience to imperial interests, acting like geopolitical PMCs (think PMC liberals sucking off billionaires - they think they're the same kind of people, it's really sad)
i imagine algeria being vastly muslim helped them with this, because it's a clear identifier to contrast against the colonizer's culture