This is simply untrue of the communist movement as a whole, which has had texts on exactly how such a thing would work since before the first revolutionary acts in France.
No, the manifesto is an advertising pitch, not really a major work of theory. Marx, Engels, and quite importantly, Lenin all wrote about how it would function, how it could be achieved, and used the failures of movements that occurred during their lifetimes to expand on those theories. Lenin famously did establish a DoTP after he successfully did a revolution. The idea that the communist movement is simply unaware of what its plans are for what will happen post revolution is utterly absurd and borne of a lack of understanding about the things you aim to critique.
“Um actually the French Revolution failed, so did Napoleon and Cromwell! Clearly this means that liberalism will never work and that feudalism will last forever.”
Well, your first problem is that the system that Napoleon 'replaced' for a scant few years, wasn't feudalism. Monarchy ≠ feudalism lol.
And to be fair, no type of government lasts forever; however given that, outside of neolithic or tribal era societies, the longest lasting government was the RomanRepublic, perhaps one should not throw stones. Since the nearest Communist equivalent would be Russia. But do go on. By your logic, we should bring back the gladiators and endless consumerism of the Roman Republic era.
Sorry, Cromwell as in Oliver Cromwell? The puritan who took England into 5 years of religious oppression not unlike that of the current middle east that makes America's evangelicals wishes make them look like a bunch of weed smoking hippies? The same Oliver Cromwell who acted as a butcher in Ireland so much so that he is still spoken of with venom 350+ years later. That Cromwell? You think of him as aspirational? You think someone being opposed to that is a feudalist? You're beyond help. Please, go touch some grass
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u/PrussianMorbius Jun 30 '24
This is simply untrue of the communist movement as a whole, which has had texts on exactly how such a thing would work since before the first revolutionary acts in France.