Communist realism means gradual deliberate resource-building, not awaiting revolution.
Evidence
But the concept of communist realism also suggests a particular kind of orientation. This isn’t an eventalism, which will wager all its hopes on a sudden and final transformation. It isn’t a utopianism, which concedes anything “realistic” to the enemy. It is about soberly and pragmatically assessing the resources that are available to us here and now, and thinking about how we can best use and increase those resources. It is about moving — perhaps slowly, but certainly purposively — from where we are now to somewhere very different. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1816
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines ‘communist realism’ as a distinct orientation posed against both eventalism and utopianism.
- XREF: connects to: Capitalist realism operates through resignation, not ideological conversion to neoliberal ideas. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 2219; Real revolution is an inner transformation, not visible bloodshed. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 923; Tentative philosophical methods naturally lead to gradual reform rather than violent revolution. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2348
Broader Connections
- Tentative philosophical methods naturally lead to gradual reform rather than violent revolution.
#corroborates(0.85) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2348 - Real revolution is an inner transformation, not visible bloodshed.
#complicates(0.78) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 923 - Capitalist realism operates through resignation, not ideological conversion to neoliberal ideas.
#qualifies(0.75) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2219