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This is a voice-over reading of my essay "Revolution and Reaction" published on my Substack. In this essay, I articulate my definitive position on the revolution versus reform debate, testing the revolutionary left's case against the historical record, arguing that every revolution calls up a reaction at least as ferocious as itself, and showing how social democracy delivered most of what revolution promised without the bodies. It opens with a short preface on the October 2026 riots in France and closes on why revolutionary communism in the West is now a LARPer's posture, not a threat.
This essay didn't make it into my latest book, Post-Left Theory: Beyond Anarchism, Marxism, and Vibes. Get the ebook or the physical copy at https://postlefttheory.com
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