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Partisan division is not what is impeding socialism

The more you think about this argument the less sense it makes.

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Carl Beijer
Aug 11, 2022
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I see this argument constantly, and while it may resemble a socialist position, it just isn’t plausible and it certainly doesn’t follow from a Marxist understanding of class struggle.

Think about voting. If you try to convince a Democrat or Republican to vote for a third-party socialist, what do they tell you?

Some of them will just say stuff like “I don’…

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