I know that talking about bourgeois elections is a controversial thing, but I’ve always thought Lenin had pretty good thoughts on this. What do you guys think?

  • SoltrosOP
    10·
    4 years ago

    All good points. My only thing is, even if the American electoral system is bourgeoisie, which it is, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use it. Fascists WILL use the electoral system, and if communists and socialists and anarchists don’t, they’ll be giving up power that they could have used.

    In my opinion, elections are a small, small part of a larger mission of change. For liberals, electoralism is everything, and there is nothing else. For me, it’s like going to the store. One small part, and while that one part sucks, it’s still a road to power.

    • FuckYourSigma
      5·
      4 years ago

      I wholeheartedly agree with this.
      Bernie, while a socdem, has showcased how bourgeois elections can be used to strengthen and diffuse leftist thought. he wasn’t even ML but he’s definitely been a huge factor in a bunch of MLs radicalizations because they kept going beyond Sanders. whether the candidate is actually elected is irrelevant, just use the campaign as a platform.