Like lots of other people I really enjoyed Russel Brants rant on news night. But then I started reading the critiques and agreed with e.g. Nick Cohen, without people voting we would never have had the Welfare State. However what it most reminded me of was this. Lenins Left Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder. For Lenin it was not enough to just want and work towards socialism, but how you actually planned to get there mattered as well. One concern was ultra-leftism which advocated against compromises with the capitalist class, against working within reactionary trade unions and generally boycotted elections. Not a fan of Lenin but the word infantile sounds about right.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 18:40:05 +0000
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