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"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985
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This is the first I've heard of this term and damn, what an accurate description of the state of most discourse online.
I always find this kind of take from podcasters like this interesting because, should we flip the script and talk about any other country outside of the "west" in a similar way, these same podcasters would chase you out of the room!
Could someone have correctly assessed the conditions of Russia, or China, or Cuba from outside? Could they have come to the same necessary conclusions to push their revolutions forward? I doubt it, and I doubt others would disagree here.
Yet when it comes to the imperial core, suddenly all conditions within the nations borders are apparent and our revolutionary assessor is clear eyed and is able to parse all the manifolds of the conditions under which the people within the imperial border struggle.
That isn't to say I have the answers by simply existing within these borders. However if Marxism is a science which can be adapted to any conditions and illuminate the path forward through its application in practice, then you must be within the space which you must practice in order to apply its theory. How does one put theory into practice in regards to the imperial core revolutionary path, from outside the imperial core?
Clearly, something is happening here in the core. The masses are shaking off the blinders of McCarthism, and searching for alternatives. The idea that they would find a principaled source of relief after this awakening is silly. The idea that this exact scenario wouldn't have played out, that opportunists and social chauvinists wouldn't have arisen to meet these conditions, is ignorant.
The question is, will an organization be able to harness this growing sentiment, so that they can shepherd people onto the correct path? Or will a thousand 2016 Bernie Sanders bloom?