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Richard's avatar

Getting the proles to behave according to Marxist theory has spawned a number of quite successful Marxist heresies. Lenin was certainly that and I loved the vulgar version of the Vanguard of the Revolution. Mussolini figured how to do that but it didn't end well. An interesting counterfactual history would involve Hitler not hijacking fascism, say by catching a bigger dose of gas in the war. Germany would still have been militaristic and antisemitic but without the Marxist trappings. Mao just redefined the proletariat. I won't mention the Cultural Marxists since they don't exist, according to the Cultural Marxists.

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Ed Smeloff's avatar

Someone in the Zohran Mamdami campaign must have read John Judis's book on the Emerging Democratic Majority. They won the Democratic primary through voter registration and GOTV. This is bigger than Bernie Sanders because the achievable electorate is bigger.

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