if I believe the current capitalist system is failing us, and that some form socialism is the way to emancipate us, and yet all I do is post all day instead of doing praxis, does it mean anything at all?
if I believe the current capitalist system is failing us, and that some form socialism is the way to emancipate us, and yet all I do is post all day instead of doing praxis, does it mean anything at all?
I’m not telling you not to read theory. I think it’s important. But you can’t expect everyone to be a scholar of theory. In any examples of successful and enduring revolutions you can cite, you will absolutely find that the masses of people involved did not hold advanced degrees (or equivalent knowledge) of socialist theory. Material conditions precipitate the revolution. You are quite right about defeating the counterrevolution-- that requires strong leadership grounded in solid theory, to maintain the material conditions necessary to satisfy the people, of whom relatively few will ever be scholars.