The Revolutionary

[Entrails Konfetti]

What I find interesting is that those who dare too look into Marxism, Anarchism and the like, have to know everything from economics to combat tactics to history, I guess its because were talking about future societies.

Those who are bourgoeis and conservative, and don't think far ahead, don't have to know anything because its the order of today.

I'm sure everyone has a reading list on here thats a mile high, and we aren't completely sure of what exactly is on the reading list. Maybe 20 books we've read the first chapters, then grabbed one of the twenty only to discover another book must land on the list.

You see the difficulty here, anyone care to comment?

Does the revolutionary have to know everything? Is the Revolutionary clearly a myth, and its the revolution that makes the revolutionary: not the other way around ?

[Rockfan]

Valid point. I think in a revolution, which will be domonantly composed of members of the working class, the bulk of people will only know they are getting screwed. Communists will obviously push them in the right diredtion, these people will know about communism and the elements in it, economics to military strtegy as you said. They will, ofcourse, tell the rest of the people involved any of the finer points they want to know and will hopefully gladly teach everyone. The immportant thing is to really make sure that one or a group of communist don't get into abosolute power. So yes I think it is the revolution that makes the revolutionary.

P.S. sorry if what I said was a bit vague but yeah you get the point.

[Entrails Konfetti]

Its impossible to simplify anything so complex, it always leads to many more questions.

But I keep on reading to get more than a basic grasp.
Theres not enough hours in a day.

[Rockfan]

Haha good point I go thru stages of reading nothing to reading quite a bit.

[RedJacobin]

http://www.autodidactproject.org/other/howtostudy.html

http://www.newyouth.com/archives/classics/...f_too_thin.html (http://www.newyouth.com/archives/classics/trotsky/dont_spread_youself_too_thin.html)