Alinsky quoting Lenin:
"The tenth rule of the ethics of rules and means is that you do what you can with what you have and clothe it in moral arguments. …the essence of Lenin’s speeches during this period was 'They have the guns and therefore we are for peace and for reformation through the ballot. When we have the guns then it will be through the bullet.' And it was."
So, "Democratic Socialism" , to use chess semantics, is a description of the opening moves, not the end game.
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