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Do you guys think a world war/revolution is brewing? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Obviously it's a process that is always brewing under capitalism but you know what I mean. Do you think we are close, like within 5 to 10 years close to a major declaration of war between the imperial core and the periphery or something of the sort? Would you argue it's already started?

I see Palestine liberating itself, I see solidarity with them along the people, I see the ripples that the Ukraine conflict has started, I see more and more revolutionary sentiment building. Could be an experience bias because now I'm more involved in real life so I see it more, but things just seem to be accelerating and I'm here for it. Much work needs to be done to capitalize and educate/funnel us all towards a progressive revolution and not a reactionary one, but I'm ready

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would argue that the process has indeed started. We're seeing US being humiliated on every front, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the emperor has no clothes.

At the same time, China continues to go from strength to strength and BRICS is becoming a whole alternative economy.

I expect we'll see a lot of amazing things happening where the grip of the empire has been loosened. We're already seeing Africa starting to become decolonized, US being pushed out of the Middle East and from Latin America. These trends will only become stronger and reinforce themselves.

I do think that things in the west will keep getting worse before they start getting better. I completely agree that education on why the system is failing is and what to do about it are the key tasks for communists in the west right now.

Another important bit of education is to help deprogram people from hating existing socialist states like China. It's going to be crucially important to be able to point to these as successes of socialism to be learned from as opposed to be feared.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As well as mistakes. One of the big criticisms I have is China being too soft on the bourgeoisie and how LGBT ppl were treated in some socialist countries.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

For sure, and in general I think it's important to understand that whatever form socialism takes in any particular country is going to be rooted in its history, culture, social norms, and existing material conditions. Every socialist nation develops in its own way, so the things we need to look at are general transferable ideas that can be implemented in the local context.