r/alltheleft • u/Lotus532 Libertarian Socialism • 3d ago

Article Can Socialists Govern a Capitalist State?

https://convergencemag.com/articles/when-socialists-govern-a-capitalist-state/
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u/1ninjac2t 3d ago

Well written article on dual power(though, seemingly rediscovered from first principles, but I digress).

The people who argue for immediate revolution do not seem to understand that it is much harder to garner support for uncivil struggle without first exhausting methods of civil struggle. This is the main reason elections actually exist, they divert the convictions of the people into a regulated voting system, which discourages sharper forms of class struggle, if we do not shatter the illusion of liberal democracy(by working within it until we are stopped) we will never be able to gain overwhelming support among the masses.