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Socialism: Utopian and Scientific -- Friedrich Engels

Red Menace

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Part 3 - Application of Theory

The drive to reform and regulate capitalism isn't just not socialism. Sometimes it can itself be a way of recuperating and trying to save capitalism. In response to crises, it is not enough to simply paper over the contradiction. We have to resolve it through proletarian revolution. There are times when we will overlap with social democrats calling for strategic reforms that will literally save people's lives. But we need to make sure in all of our work that we're doing that we don't confuse those reforms or those regulations on capitalism for socialism itself.

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