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by api 3142 days ago
Agreed until you got to the Marx and Mao part, which is a bit "WUT?"
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chaostheory 3142 days ago
Why? Am I wrong?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_revolution

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution

To be clear, you do realize that I'm criticizing both Marx and Mao right?

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allenz 3142 days ago
You're taking them out of context. Marx didn't want revolution for revolution's sake. He had a specific change to the social order in mind, namely the cause of socialism. He wouldn't approve of the US.
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chaostheory 3142 days ago
So you're saying that the Women's Suffrage movement changed nothing? The Civil Rights movement didn't have any effect? The Sexual Revolution did little? What about the unions? I can go on. Are you saying that none of our bloodless revolutions made any changes to the social order?
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snakeboy 3142 days ago
They both wanted social revolution, but the execution of their plans lead to tens of millions of unnecessary deaths.
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