Engels wasn’t a prophet, we don’t worship at the altar of Engels and Marx. They had good ideas, but they weren’t infallible.
This is why most Marxists today are Marxist-Leninists. Because while Marx and Engels wrote a lot of theory, it was just that, theoretical. With the Russian revolution, the Bolsheviks were able to put their theory into practice, some stuff turned out the way they thought it would, other stuff they predicted didn’t happen at all. So the important thing isn’t just theory, but putting that theory into practice and seeing what works and what doesn’t work. It’s always important to exist in the real world, not in an idealistic fantasy. If our ideal system doesn’t work in reality, we must alter it so it does, even if that means it is no longer the hypothetical perfect utopia it once was. “People living better lives” is still “better” even if it isn’t “perfect.”
Engels wasn’t a prophet, we don’t worship at the altar of Engels and Marx. They had good ideas, but they weren’t infallible.
This is why most Marxists today are Marxist-Leninists. Because while Marx and Engels wrote a lot of theory, it was just that, theoretical. With the Russian revolution, the Bolsheviks were able to put their theory into practice, some stuff turned out the way they thought it would, other stuff they predicted didn’t happen at all. So the important thing isn’t just theory, but putting that theory into practice and seeing what works and what doesn’t work. It’s always important to exist in the real world, not in an idealistic fantasy. If our ideal system doesn’t work in reality, we must alter it so it does, even if that means it is no longer the hypothetical perfect utopia it once was. “People living better lives” is still “better” even if it isn’t “perfect.”