After that, almost everything was lost, went down the drain.
Revolutionary flags were burned, at least metaphorically. Good old slogans were ditched. Then, instead of marches and violent demonstrations and clashes with the authorities representing the regime, increasingly comfortable couches in front of the latest high-definition television sets got quickly filled with millions of flabby over-indulgent bodies.
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Now really ugly fights over the shrinking pie are raging. Theoretical Trotskyists and theoretical Maoists are at each other's throats. There are, of course, Leninists, and others, many others.
Things went much further, still: these days, in the West, most 'progressives' go 'by the issues', refusing to commit to anything greater, full-heartedly. This position is increasingly in vogue, and it essentially shouts: 'I have my own philosophy. I don't need any ideology at all.'
No revolution has ever been won like this. But in the West, there is no desire for true revolution. Belonging to left is mainly just a pose, with a social media account and a selfie. It is not serious, and it is not intended to be.
There are, of course, Anarcho-syndicalists with their air of superiority and lofty theories that would be outrightly rejected and laughed at by the great majority of the truly oppressed people in places like Asia or Africa.
Lately, I don't even know, anymore, who is who, in that small and petty world. I am not monitoring it; I hardly participate in theoretical discussions.
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