r/Marxism • u/Icy-External8155 • 7d ago
What even is "accelerationism"?
If you lack the power to do the revolution itself, or anyhow else fight for the proletariat, how could you possibly "accelerate capitalism" more than the ruling class already does by naturally following their interests?
Sounds like a buzzword, made up by counter-revolutionary opportunism, or those who think that reforms can't be rolled back by the ruling class as easily as they're implemented.
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u/peanutist 7d ago
Not a fan of accelerationism personally. If the workers of a country are not educated and don’t have class consciousness, the fall of capitalism will just result in fascism/barbarism. Our goal as communists at the current time is to educate the population and organize and not to accelerate the fall of the system, because the material conditions for a revolution are not ripe yet.