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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[–] 4 points 3 months ago

you can vote and recommend a party but you have to be realistic about your vote and what will really happen.

you cant really vote for anything, you have to organize for it. i will use LGBT rights as an example. there are not ”anti-LGBT rights” or ”pro-LGBT rights” politicians as much as there are politicians who use these issues to get themselves in office. we didnt get our rights from voting as much as we did from riots, protesting and organizing.

as for improving the conditions of people? where does that come from? since when do politicians improve our living conditions? zohran mamdani? this is why people were wary of zohrans real impact. he didnt bring anybody to revolutionary ideas, he just made people trust the bourgeoisie elections even more now.

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