The United Front In Countries Where The Social Democrats Are In Office

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9. I think the important thing is to not apply a "one solution fits all" scenario

on conditions, which Dimitrov talks about more in other parts of his speech. It makes sense when you think about it, the uneven development of capitalism leads to an uneven development of socialist consciousness in various nations. I like this speech because it gives a way of working in a capitalist country that may not be in a revolutionary phase. That way we don't have to be just sitting around hoping for the Marxist rapture, but we have a plan that just goes beyond "elect people".

Electing socialists and social-D's or even progressive Democrats isn't so much to usher in socialism. It will always be on the people to help to do that. But having politicians elected who won't necessarily be the bigger roadblock to progress also has its merits.

For instance, I have no real illusions about Hollande in France, he still has to function in a capitalist system, after all. But having a coalition that united to elect him means that the people have a collective will to change the system and united to do this. It will be the next challenge to find how much they can run the ball down the field with Sarkozy now out of the way. If they hadn't had some faith in the electoral system, there wouldn't have been this avenue to exploit. But they had it, so it's a locus of struggle.