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Has There Ever Been a Socialist Revolution in a Liberal Country? (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm watching the DNC, and it's made me even more aware of the power of liberal bourgeois democracies to let out a little revolutionary energy whenever it gets close to the edge, through concessional policies, like New Deal policies or whatever Kamala might do if she wins, or even the act of voting and campaigning itself. Do they have to go through a fascism phase first, or has there been a liberal bourgeois democracy that has successfully had a socialist revolution? Will it take new theory to figure it out?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

Also to your point, if there is a list of countries most likely to have a revolution, IMO the US would be dead last on the list. Far more likely would be a few countries taking the socialist road in South America, and Africa. Also possibly Russia, which some comrades have commented on.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago

Well that's depressing. But makes sense.