THE IDEOLOGICAL STRUGGLE IS THE OVERTURE TO THE SYMPHONY OF REVOLUTION
July 20, 2026 4 Comments
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July 20, 2026 4 Comments
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Well, your article is a very comprehensive summary. Furthermore, you’ve outlined some of the 20 points of Marxist theory that you claim to have developed over the years on your website. It’s not my place to offer any analysis or commentary on them now, even if I had anything further to add. However, I do have something to say about three statements that closely relate to the theory of Revolutionary Socialism (RSS) that I present in my book. 1. “Revolutionary theory, its development, and its importance do not receive sufficient recognition.” What aspect of Socialism receives sufficient recognition today? None. Revolutionary Socialism even less so. It’s been 40 years, since the 1980s, of regression in RSS. Tons and tons of printed material in academia and the media cover up and lie about Socialism. Marx appears, literally, on the penultimate page of political economy textbooks. G. Mankiw, in his most widely read university textbook, over 800 pages long, dedicates only two or three lines to Marx, stating that he is a discredited economist. The capitalist ruling class and its cooperating governments (including regressive social democracy—you’re right, Burnham won’t last long) have done their job well, and the worker knows hardly anything positive about Socialism. 2. “Communist relations of production cannot arise within capitalism.” They did. First, with Marx, Engels, and others in their 19th-century ideological struggle, and second, in the 20th century, with the revolution that led to the spread of Socialism, resulting in a third of humanity (excluding present-day China, which is in regression) enjoying socialist countries with remarkable improvements in production and income. What’s missing is the radically egalitarian Socialism of a classless society (and the bureaucratic class), but all modes of production have progressed step by step. 3. “We always wonder if there will be a final crisis that ends capitalism.” My theory predicts its collapse in 2035-2045. And the corresponding socialist revolution will lead to a more egalitarian Socialism. Regards, Enviar comentarios
I wish communist relations of production emerged in the womb of capitalism. Being of a higher order they would make the communist revolution inevitable. But the closest we get are cooperatives most of which are run by management. Otherwise I agree with everything else. We certainly have an uphill battle on our hands.
I love the heading, do you?
1. Which title are you referring to? 2. Communist relations of production, I repeat, have already emerged within Capitalism. They emerged in the thinking of Marx and early communist intellectuals and, above all, most importantly, in the practice, in the actions, of the existing socialist regimes of the 20th century (USSR, Eastern European countries, China and other Asian countries, Arab countries, Cuba). Unless you believe that communist relations of production did not begin in those countries in their initial stages. They did not begin as a 100% finished product, but as a work in progress, evolving toward its final product. That final product will be an egalitarian, classless society. No human product, no practice or knowledge emerges into the world finished, in its final version. The old mode gives rise to the new. It has always been this way and cannot be otherwise. Mode of Production is equal to Society, and both spheres are a whole, a totality of the space-time in which humankind lives. Outside of them, nothing exists. Where could the new mode of production and its productive relations emerge if not within the old one? A separate, important, and decisive point—one that I know few people are aware of, and which I hope my book will remedy—is that modes of production, like many other human endeavors, experience advances and setbacks. These setbacks are caused by the main beneficiaries of the previous system. Thus, the global capitalist class, which did not lose its majority of productive capital with the 1917 revolution and its aftermath, imposed a setback on socialism in the early 1980s. But this setback has happened to all modes of production. For example, capitalism suffered several setbacks in the 19th century. The most significant was in 1815 at the hands of the Holy Alliance countries, following the Congress of Vienna that year. The feudal class and its absolute monarchies strongly resisted losing their privileges. There was also armed resistance, such as the action of the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis (Spain, 1823) against a French army sent by the Holy Alliance to prevent liberal reforms. The topic is very interesting but very long—as long as the 400 pages of my book. I will discuss it, perhaps even in person, when I finish it (August). But not now. Best regards