| I believe that revolution can be a positive thing (oddly enough for a communist), and is a neccesary part of historical evolution. However I no longer believe that a revolution could be succesful now, over the course of history. Before we have a socialist revolution, we must finish our capitalist course. There are still a great many countries that have not been 'proletarianised'. In fact, it has dwindelled. The transferal of labour to third world countries has turned the western proleteriat into a giant middle class. If the countries in which labour is now situated were properly capitalist, with proper education systems, I believe that they would become a new proleteriat, and a world wide, socialist revolution would be possible.
So, it is now the duty of communists to spread capitalism and democracy, rather than pre-empt the revolution.
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill |