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[Leftalone09]

My name's Anthony, I've been a leftist for about 3 years I think. Prior to that I was a Libertarian. I've looked at a few different leftist ideologies(for lack of a better word), Marxist-Leninism, Trotskyism, Democratic Socialism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, etc, and finally settled on one I agree with.
Marxists.org calls it Impossibilism. Like the Progressive Labour Party, my political view supports a sharp break from capitalism into what some call the communist phase(I use the words socialism and communism interchangeably, so for me it's just a matter of semantics). Unlike them, though, I believe the ballot is the only way to establish socialism successfully. I'm against vanguard parties, and believe the only role that a socialist party has is to establish socialism, and dissolve itself afterwards. I'm also against nationalisation(I call that State Capitalism), and prefer communalisation. I'm a supporter of direct democracy.
I'd place myself in the Left Libertarian part of the political compass.
My home town is conservative, and almost all my classmates are either democrat or republican, with one libertarian and only one fascist. I'm the only leftist that I know of...
Wow, intro was a bit longer than I wanted to be...

[AK]

Welcome :)

Great intro. Good ideas. One small problem:

Unlike them, though, I believe the ballot is the only way to establish socialism successfully.
I guess that's why they call it impossibilism.

[Q]

Welcome :)


Marxists.org calls it Impossibilism. Like the Progressive Labour Party, my political view supports a sharp break from capitalism into what some call the communist phase(I use the words socialism and communism interchangeably, so for me it's just a matter of semantics). Unlike them, though, I believe the ballot is the only way to establish socialism successfully.
Why is that? What do you think about the Marxist axiom that the liberation of the working class can only be the work of the class itself? Wouldn't voting on a party that "does it for them" go against that?


I'm against vanguard parties, and believe the only role that a socialist party has is to establish socialism, and dissolve itself afterwards.
I think that many so-called vanguard partyists think that this is exactly what a vanguard party does. So, why do you differ?


I'm also against nationalisation(I call that State Capitalism), and prefer communalisation. I'm a supporter of direct democracy.
Could you explain what you mean by "communalisation"?