Hi all, I haven't posted here before but I had a question about two things that seem somewhat conflicting to me? I'm a fledgling Marxist and I remember reading that Lenin had said something about how we should only participate in bourgeoisie elections in our own revolutionary party, but I think he maybe also said something about helping the material conditions of others (instead of being a accelerationist) . How does one do both of these things or is there a balance? I haven't yet read "What is to be done?" but I imagine maybe reading that would help me get a better understanding of these things? Please let me know if i'm misremembering this, thank you :)

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[–] 8 points 3 months ago

A communist party most likely won’t get to government through elections, so it won’t be able to directly implement its program. However, they should always advocate for the working class and point out the contradictions of social democratic policy. That only in a socialist society can these policies be protected from the bourgeoisie.

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