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A common myth about Marx concerns his supposed stage theory and belief that revolution is only possible in the advanced states (Germany): Let's have some fun and debunk those claims (hexbear.net)

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The Marx-Zasulich Correspondence list of February/March 1881

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[–] ComradeRat@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

Even earlier than this, we should look at the communist manifesto and the activities/hopes of the Communist League in Germany. In 1848, Germany was a semiperipheral state which had yet to have a bourgeois revolution. The communist league policy with regards to German socialist revolution is remarkably similar to the bolshevik stance on Russian socialist revolution, i.e. only completeable if a core power (France in this case) also has a socialist revolution