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Politics in Command: Analyzing the Error of Economism

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Volentrism Is the Opposite of Economism but Still a Total Error

Volentrism would be the assumption that we have uh that we can have a communist revolution at any stage in society regardless of what exists economically. Volentrists and economic versions of movementism both share the notion of social movement spontaneity but they differ on how this comes about. volentrist versions of movementist emphasize disconnected affinity groups, economistic versions of movementists emphasize social unionism working within the union structure or already existing social democratic structures.

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