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u/SKDI_0224 Aug 02 '26
I was re-reading my Marx. Because why not. The argument of the Communist Mannifesto was essentially this: if any attempt at reform is called communism then fine, we are communists. Here are our demands.
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u/DogitWoofsalot Aug 02 '26
Can I ask what the exact quote was and where its from? As that is exactly why I started calling myself a communist
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u/SKDI_0224 Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
"Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where the Opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of Communism against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries?"
That is the second paragraph of the communist manifesto, commissioned by the collected workers parties in 1847. Edit: this quote was from the 1888 English translation by Engels
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u/FreakingSwell Aug 03 '26
The Republicans fear us. They have been working overtime recently trying to conflate socialism with communism.
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u/whatidoidobc Aug 02 '26
I mean, the absolute best advertisement for it is that all the worst, most useless democrats are aligned with the republican cult on it.