A lot of them justify their defense of fascist-imperialist Russia with revolutionary defeatism. It is a much more difficult argument to deconstruct than the argument that Russia is somehow still socialist.
In my view, it is similar to accelerationism, and so the same arguments against accelerationism work against revolutionary defeatism. Marxist theory also argues that improved material conditions result in increased success of liberatory movements, which is in direct contradiction to revolutionary defeatism and accelerationism. For this reason I don’t believe marxism-leninism is internally consistent if it includes support for accelerationism.
I’ve never heard anyone support that idiotic bullshit idea. If the nation state you live in is defeated, you’re at complete mercy by whatever happens to be ruling the winning nation state.
A lot of them justify their defense of fascist-imperialist Russia with revolutionary defeatism. It is a much more difficult argument to deconstruct than the argument that Russia is somehow still socialist.
In my view, it is similar to accelerationism, and so the same arguments against accelerationism work against revolutionary defeatism. Marxist theory also argues that improved material conditions result in increased success of liberatory movements, which is in direct contradiction to revolutionary defeatism and accelerationism. For this reason I don’t believe marxism-leninism is internally consistent if it includes support for accelerationism.
I’ve never heard anyone support that idiotic bullshit idea. If the nation state you live in is defeated, you’re at complete mercy by whatever happens to be ruling the winning nation state.
Which could be so much worse.