@sherman.edits0: Leftcoms are "ultra-left" dogmatists whose rejection of practical revolutionary strategy reduces Marxism to an abstract, academic debate. They suffer from what Lenin rightfully called an "infantile disorder," abandoning the working class by refusing to work inside mainstream trade unions or participate in bourgeois parliaments to win over the masses. By rejecting the necessity of a disciplined vanguard party and a strong workers' state to defend against imperialist counter-revolution, they idealistically dismiss real-world socialist construction—like that of the Soviet Union or China—as mere "state capitalism." Ultimately, their insistence on absolute ideological purity over practical material reality dooms them to political irrelevance, serving only as a disruptive force that hinders actual anti-imperialist solidarity and workers' power. #marxistleninist #leftcom #councilcommunism #socialism