Indeed, the strains that want something slightly more realistic (like worker co-ops) are a lot easier to speak to. As you say they tend to lack a practical means of implementing their desired society, or if they have ideas, they seem to just ‘reinvent’ MLism with different terminology (cue the Engels quote).
Yeah basically, I think the really sad part is just how much pointless bickering is happening when a lot of people want essentially the same thing. Arguing about what specific flavor of communism we’re gonna be focusing on when majority of people can’t even define communism is putting the cart before the horse.
Indeed, the strains that want something slightly more realistic (like worker co-ops) are a lot easier to speak to. As you say they tend to lack a practical means of implementing their desired society, or if they have ideas, they seem to just ‘reinvent’ MLism with different terminology (cue the Engels quote).
Yeah basically, I think the really sad part is just how much pointless bickering is happening when a lot of people want essentially the same thing. Arguing about what specific flavor of communism we’re gonna be focusing on when majority of people can’t even define communism is putting the cart before the horse.