[lbo-talk] The "Vulture Theory" of Socialism

Gar Lipow the.typo.boy at gmail.com
Sat Jul 25 13:29:11 PDT 2009


On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara<bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://theactivist.org/blog/the-vulture-theory-of-socialism
> This article came to fruition after I fused together a few disparate rough
> drafts.  Wouldn't mind criticisms (it makes me feel self-important).
>
> ~ Bhaskar
> ___________________________________


> Even if it was possible for a vanguard of leftists to take advantage of a revolutionary situation, it would not be desirable.

What about if a non-vanguard popular movement of leftists? Would you say that is not desirable too? For that matter, can you really argue that there no cases where vanguard of leftists taking advantage of a revolutionary situation is not at least a lesser evil?



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