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How will we start a revolution in the United States
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"As revolutionaries, we don't have the right to say that we're tired of explaining. We must never stop explaining. We also know that when the people understand, they cannot but follow us. In any case, we, the people, have no enemies when it comes to peoples. Our only enemies are the imperialist regimes and organizations." Thomas Sankara, 1985
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I appreciate your enthusiasm, comrade, but there are 3 major flaws with this frame of thinking.
One of the biggest reasons why Marxist movements succeed where other movements failed is in the adoption of dialectical and historical materialism as our scientific outlook on social change. Idealism traps us in incorrect practice, it isn't great men that move history, but evolving class dynamics based on our surrounding material conditions. As such, worker organizing takes priority over waiting for a "great man" to save us.
One of the most important questions of the Russian revolutionary groups was whether or not to focus on assassinations, or on organizing. The SRs relied on terrorism, the Bolsheviks relied on integrating with the broader working class. It's easy to see which was correct looking back, but more than anything it was already possible to arrive at correct analysis through adopting a materialist outlook. Assassinations do not transfer power, because capitalists hold power as a class and not as individuals.
The SRs also rejected theory, preferring instead to act. However, again, they were wrong. Theory is important because it informs practice, which in turn sharpens theory. They mutually correct and reinforce each other. We must take the lessons of our predecessors to heart, learn from them, and act accordingly!
If you want a place to start with theory, I made an introductory Marxist-Leninist reading list. Check it out!