I recently had a discussion with someone about socialism etc… I thought about countering the argument that socialism doesn’t work, because it has failed once. I came up with: “Well, the first French revolution failed, and the people still continued establishing a second bourgeois democratic republic. So why should we stop to create a second socialist republic, just because the first attempt failed / has issues?”
Does this argument make any sense, or is this incomparable (I know it kind of is, but still)?
Also, isn’t it a core value of Marxism-Leninism to learn from past failed policies and politics, and correct them in the future?
i was offering a counterpoint to show your debate partner the absurdity of abandoning socialism as an economic system just because it failed once, as capitalism has also failed, yet people are willing to keep trying it regardless.
democracy is a form of government, and another matter-- one which, incidentally, typically fails because of capitalism.
Oh okay, my bad. Thank you
no problem! glad to help!