#wisdom
"Revisionism arose as a complete negation of Marxism. Modern revisionism, likewise, is always aiming to substitute bourgeois philosophy for Marxist philosophy, going against political economy, particularly denying the growing impoverishment and the inevitability of the downfall of imperialism. Revisionism strives to falsify and twist scientific socialism in order to oppose the class struggle and revolution, peddling parliamentary cretinism and pacifism. All these positions have been expounded by the revisionists, who have aimed for and continue to aim for the restoration of capitalism, the undermining and blocking of the world revolution, and to denigrate the conquering spirit of our class. But here I feel it is necessary to spell out some points to make this concrete: revisionism behaves like any imperialism. For example, the Soviet Union, Soviet social-imperialism, preaches and practices parliamentary cretinism. It mounts and conducts armed actions for the purpose of gaining world hegemony. It carries out aggression, pits one people against another, sets masses against masses, and divides our class and the people. In a thousand and one ways Soviet revisionism fights against everything that is truly Marxist and everything that serves the revolution. We are an example of how they do this. The social-imperialists of the USSR have developed a perverse worldwide plan to become a hegemonic superpower using all the means at their disposal. This includes setting up phony parties, communist in name only, "bourgeois workers parties" to use Engels' words. And this is how Chinese revisionism and all revisionists act, differing only with regard to their particular circumstances, according to who pulls their strings."
React to this quote
More by Abimael Guzmán
See allResonant Thoughts
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"The truly great English midfield player of the generation. Didn’t just play the game, he thought about the …"
— Paul Scholes"But as important as it is to see what's going on, it's unlikely that merely understanding the situation wil…"
— Tim Hurson"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle…"
— Patrick Rothfuss"Nothing like a little judicious levity."
— Robert Louis Stevenson"Our No. 1 enemy is ignorance. And I believe that is the No. 1 enemy for everyone — it's not understanding w…"
— Julian Assange"Writers on international law . . . cannot make the law … it must have received the assent of the nations wh…"
— Sir Alexander Cockburn