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I have not ignored a single bit of your argument. I completely understand giving even one concession to the petty bourgeoisie is unacceptable. However independent proletarian politics will not emerge out of nowhere. To grow we must attract people from other political areas, and yes that means workers who might otherwise be swayed by 'petty-bourgeois' politics. Where there are workers we need to be radicalizing them and making them truly class conscious. The capitalists have convinced the majority of the workers that the communist movement is discredited and dead. The larger the radical portion of the people at the forum the more we help to destroy the myth the capitalists have created about us. And I highly doubt during every conversation I have with a moderate I will be shouted down by everyone around me.
Also this is going to be a issue of moderates versus radicals. Bourgeois socialism is inherently more moderate where proletarian socialism is inherently more radical. We should be there to push the proletarian thus radical message. No matter what their class is if they support a purely proletarian program (which again is inherently more radical) then we have made progress. You have an obsession that if we even mingle with the petty-bourgeoisie we will be the ones who make concessions. This shows an utter lack of confidence in the proletariat, you are preaching defeatism when what you should be doing (all of us for that matter) is making sure that we aren't making any concessions.
It is a giant mistake to let the working class drown in this 'petty bourgeois socialism' and not do everything you can to show them there is an alternative (an alternative the capitalism media has told them doesn't exist). We should be explaining our beliefs to everyone who will listen, and then we should have the confidence to not change our opinions or de-radicalize when faced with the option of class collaboration.
Everything above is open to criticism. It's the only way to learn.
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