Overplaying their hand or is it the Art of the Deal? Push as far as you can but be willing to accept a little less. Wait for normalization and then push farther.
You;ve neatly tied in two key principals of their original core beliefs - and I think the type of "slow motion revolution" you're ultimately describing is EXACTLY what's happening in the USA and around the world ---- (note that the push back for more national preferences is happening elsewhere - and in earnest - the USA isn't acting in a vacuum here, note France, Scotland, England, Philippines and others)
You mention the 'push as far as you can go' --- that's essentially the element of conflict that's part and parcel with Marxist teaching, Since Marx denied ANY type of spiritual / idealism / morality - he concluded (among other things) that history only changes because of conflict,,,,,,there's NO OTHER guiding hand aside from humans in turmoil,
And the source pf that ongoing turmoil?
Economic conflict because of unjust systems that benefit only the Capitalists and Bourgeois.
that's it -- no real reference to n=mankind being at its best when we're striving for higher goals or an afterlife -- even if we don't agree on what those are (those were 'concessions' from noted agnostic/atheist intellectuals like Aldous Huxley & Maxim Gorky....but Marx was a lot more intolerant and his followers tend to be as well......that's why they THROW THAT WORD AT EVERYONE SO OFTEN.....it's on their lips at all times because Intolerance is IN THEIR HEARTS
You mention post-conflict normalcy and then pushing for more change
Yes - that's the Hegelian Dialectic (purposely introduce conflict via an existing thesis and a new/opposed antithesis to create something NEW --- a political "Synthesis"
That's where Marx took his idea of "Dialectical Materialism" actually
And any reasonable person can SEE how this has worked over time
Socially you can look at the controversy and over emphasis on "transgender issues" and also ALREADY SEE the coming normalization of age limits for sexual contact etc
Politically - I'm taking a page from George Orwell's essay called "Politics and the English Language" (Book is called "All Art is Propaganda: and I cite it on the blog and have published a modest review of it as well)......
the way we communicate//speak is connected to the way we THINK.....
there are several political implications from this
1) If we are lazy or apathetic in our attempts to use concise words and truly gain mutual understanding with who we're conversing -- then you can start to make the mistake that they're using words with the same INTENT that you are.....or perhaps they have a definition for a word that you didn't even know COULD have more than one definition....that leads to lots being said and/or printed but no true communication and u;timely a dumbed down public who is increasingly unable to maintain accountability over the elected
2) Politicians are then easily able to make references to combating "Fascism" (one of Orwell's specific examples) - and since that sounds noble to everyone - they fully support the govt in their efforts,,,,,,meanwhile they don't know what the plan IS and they probably can't agree on how to define FASCISM
3) this reinforces the old idea that 'he who defines the terms of the debate - wins'......there's a lot of truth to that. If you ever encounter a hard left (or hard right for that matter) person and are engaging in a conversation -- you probably should sprinkle in some non-threatening (think Socratic method - Ben Franklin mentions it in his auto-bio and if you read Plato's Republic you see this incremental and mutually agreed approach at work to define something nebulous like "justice") questions early in the encounter to ask them what they mean when they say things like "fair share", "justice", "replace capitalism" (((with WHAT?))), ask then if they honestly understand the source of where their ideas are.......NONE of whats being said by the American Marxists is really that different than their predecessors -- many of them are still using the actual Communist Salute (raised fist --- here's a blog entry where I quickly show photos though time if you're interested --->
https://wordpress.com/post/50ampfuse.blog/2861
4) finally -- you start to factor in socially engineers guilt complexes, continually dumbed down language patterns and atrophied channels of meaningful communication, then set everyone against each other with constant fear conditioning of one kind or another and a BLIND COMMAND TO CONSUME>.............and it's a dictators wet dream
We're at a MAJOR crossroads right now
And it's also a major anniversary year for the communists
their 3rd (believe that's right) and final / successful revolution against the Czars was accomplished in 1917
The Socialists (many were affiliated with the "Menshevik" wing of the revolutionary party and weren't as fanatical) did most of the work and were native to Russia.....the Communists were brought in from various points of exile etc....they were never any more than 7% of the population of Russia and they almost immediately seized power from the Mensheviks - including exile, slave labor, or executions
and those were the Bolsheviks......the only ones you ever hear about in reference to the Revolution ....
most of the Socialists that went along with it were devoured but the system they helped create
have a good night - I mean to write less and haven't slept in 2 days
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