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Bourgeois parliamentarism (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by Bad@jlai.lu to c/thebadwebsite@lemmy.world

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[Vladimir Lenin looking pensive]
To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament - this is the real essence of bourgeois parliamentarism.
Vladimir Lenin
The State and Revolution
1917

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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lenin's moral authority to proselytise vanished during his time in power. There is no need to quote him like this, and therefore portray him in a positive light, when others have said similar before, during, and after his time.

For example:

A man is none the less a slave because he is allowed to choose a new master once in a term of years.

Lysander Spooner, 1808 - 1887

https://www.anarchistquotes.com/lysander-spooner-quote-anarcho-individualist-4/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner

[–] Bad@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

I have no issue portraying Lenin's many contributions to marxist theory in a positive light.

It is possible to condemn one's actions where appropriate while still acknowledging they were right about other things.