They are beaten from the powerful like candy from a pinata...
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.
- Frederick Douglass
Genuinely asking, can someone explain to me what about this makes it fit with communism? Like what about it is associated with the history/beliefs? I'm ignorant not condescending.
Communists believe that justice can only be achieved by the violent overthrow of the oppressor, and tend to support the international proletariat in struggles for liberation. I think this is especially a refute to liberals whitewashing civil rights movements into "peacefully asking for rights". Historically, many civil rights leaders were very socialist
Ah that makes sense, thank you very much!
Communists are almost exclusively Revolutionary, rather than Reformist. Lenin and Rosa Luxembourg both make good cases for why this must be in State and Revolution and Reform or Revolution respectively, though Marx himself also makes this case and one need not be a Marxist-Leninist to agree with Revolution.
The largest reason is that the state reinforces the systems it upholds, so even if it can be flavored differently over time, the mechanisms to slide back to Capitalism remain. Thus, destroying the state and replacing with a new structure better safeguards the Socialist movement.
Even Anarchists seek Revolution over Reformism.
Yeah generally I think communism is at some level in opposition to individual rights.
Why?