Concept coined by Haz Al-Din
From Kick stream from Thu Dec 26, 2024
Marxism-Leninism is an index of historical praxis
Marxism-Leninism is itself a revolutionary dynasty
It has political authority, it is carried forth by successive leaders, it has traditions
Sometimes in monarchies people falsely claim lineage which are not their own so that they can make a bid for power
Resurrection of essence of history
Revolutionary succession is the development of "one thing" across time, one history
The world spirit as Hegel calls it, this "one thing"
In materialism there's not much of a correlate to this world spirit except perhaps "Humanity"
Revolutionary Dynasty is intended to have ontological implications
To see each successive revolution as part of a "bloodline" of increasing liberty (not literally a bloodline)
The fire of revolution — first in production, then in relations of production
This stands in contradiction to anarchism and trotskyism or other pseudo-revolutionary lines of thought
Each new era is a culmination of all past eras
Each new plateau of thought stands atop thousands of others — I still need to read Thousand Plateaus
Modernity is accelerated to such a point such that modern political action is no longer possible
The dead of the past weighs on the living like a nightmare
The proletarian revolution happened in 1917
Legitimation comes from tradition
All revolutions after 1917 obey the tradition of the Bolsheviks, even the French Revolution too
Marx wasn't saying cast off all tradition
Marx was critiquing the pageantry and false respect of the form of tradition
A real connection to the tradition of revolution discerns its essence in novel forms based on new conditions
Revolutionary dynasty is a succession of evermore perfect unions
Even failures of revolutionary movements are part of the dynasty, they offer lessons to be learned from
The succession of history itself takes the form of revolution
The dichotomy between revolution and tradition is false