A little introduction

[Sredni Vashtar]

Hello everybody !

I'm Sredni Vashtar, a 22-year old Frenchie currently finishing science/engineering studies.

As for my ideology, I still have trouble defining it precisely, but I consider myself as a left-wing revolutionarist, but in a non radical sense if it makes any sense ...(I might try to do a blog entry if i'm motivated).
I (sadly) am quite rationalist and cynical when it comes to ideology and haven't (so far) found a communist theory which I'd be able to concur entirely .(I'm not even sure it's proper english, sorry)
I could go on for long, but i'm not sure it's the right thread for that ;)

I'm not (currently) member of any revolutionary movement/party, and am not planning to join one any time soon, precisely due to the previously mentionned state of mine.

I might not seem to be the best fit for this board at first glance, not being an activist, but I'm here to learn more about revolutionary theories and discuss about it.

Thanks for your time, and I look forward seeing you in the forums :)

[Q]

Welcome :)

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[Subversive]

Hello, welcome.

Radical and Revolutionary tend to mean the same thing, so how can you be revolutionary but not radical?
And what about the communist theories that you've read about do you disagree with? If you are unable to accept 'pure Marxism', for example, why is that?

[Sredni Vashtar]

Thanks,
I agree that Radical and Revolutionary can be close but to me Radical tends to be more about the mean, and Revoluitionnary about the content, as I said I know for sure about a necessity of a Revolution, i'm still however not convinced of the need of any radicality in the thought process leading to that revolution. it's hovever still an ongoing process for me ;)
About pure marxism, I can't say that I totally disagree with it, there are just some points that bother me. For example, I felt that Marx talked about the bourgeoisie was a monolithic and purely static establishment ant the proletariathad to struggle until the proletarian dictatorship was established, leading to a classless society. I however consider the proletarian dictature as a "metastable state" from which two possible outcomes would be:
- A classless society
- A degenerated dictatorship, possibly leading to a fascist state.

As the second possibiliy of evolution of the society can't be entirely erased, I feel that that solution should be put aside until there is no other choice. However, as I said before there are still possibilities to evaluate, and i'm still trying to find (according to my poor twisted mind) the 'what', the 'how' the 'when' of the Revolution.