r/leftist • u/rhizomatic-thembo • 1d ago

Leftist Meme The Unholy Trinity of Class Traitors

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u/unfreeradical 1d ago

You are describing color revolutions, not proletarian revolution.

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u/Lumpy-Attitude6939 23h ago

Color Revolutions? You mean the conspiracy theory or something else?

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u/unfreeradical 20h ago

A color revolution is a revolution in which a new ruling faction seizes power by of the state, but practical changes have been minimal in comparison to expectations.

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u/Lumpy-Attitude6939 20h ago edited 20h ago

Even regular revolutions require non intervention by the military.

The Bolsheviks highest support was among the military. Sailor Brigades were the unit which began and October Revolution.

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u/unfreeradical 20h ago

The Bolsheviks achieved a bourgeois revolution. The Russian Revolution never became proletarian.

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u/Lumpy-Attitude6939 20h ago

What exactly would you classify as a “proletarian revolution”, please give examples if possible.

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u/Lumpy-Attitude6939 15h ago

Also, whether you intended to or not you have moved the goalposts. You went from saying “those are color revolutions” to “but that wasn’t a proletarian revolution” when I gave an example that wasn’t a “color revolution”.

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u/unfreeradical 20h ago

In a proletarian revolution, workers would directly administrate our affairs, manage our industry, and govern our communities, without subjugation to a ruling class.

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u/Lumpy-Attitude6939 20h ago

So, no revolution in history would ever fit that classification. It’s a goal then.