Impossibilism

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Impossibilism
"You can change a poodle’s appearance but it’ll always stay a poodle!"
Basic Information
Aliases	Anti-reformist Socialism
Alignment(s)	Libertarian Left  Culturally Far-Left  Socialists   Communists
Ideological Information
Influenced by:	Anti-Possibilism De Leonism Marxism
Influenced	Spartacism Mao-Spontex
Character Information
Likes	Revolutions Socialism
Dislikes	Reforms Capitalism Possibilists

Impossibilism is a Marxist, libertarian left, anti-reformist, and revolutionarily spontaneous ideology. Impossibilists hold that any reforms to ameliorate social ills in capitalism are ultimately futile since it believes immediate reforms strengthen capitalism instead of achieving socialism in the long term. Adherents to this ideology support structural changes instead of evolutionary reforms like many democratic socialists.

History

The idea of impossibilism was brought up by Daniel De Leon, American Marxist theoretician, though he did not coin the term.

How to draw

The design for Impossibilism is based on this, but with the colors reversed.

1. Draw a ball,
2. Color the ball dark red,
3. In the center, draw a white star,
4. Draw a dark red clenched fist inside of the star,
5. Add two eyes and you're done.

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Red	#B50A10	181, 10, 16
	White	#F0F0F0	240, 240, 240

Relationships

Friends

• Socialism - Workers of the world, unite!
• De Leonism - My father who taught me almost everything I know.
• Spartacism - Great critique of reformism, though I dislike your entryism.
• Council Communism - Spot on attacks against possibilists and of parliamentarianism in general.
• Revolutionary Progressivism - Long live the revolution!
• Marxist Feminism - Revolt against the patriarchy!
• Libertarian Socialism and Anti-Authoritarianism - Authoritarianism is incompatible with true socialism.
• Neozapatismo - You know how to do a socialist revolution.
• Autonomism - For the self-abolishment of the proletariat!
• Mao-Spontex - Another libertarian socialist comrade.
• Marxism - "Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win."

Frenemies

• Revolutionary Syndicalism - Sorry, but trade unions aren’t effective as a form of revolutionary organization.
• Leninism - You led the first successful proletarian revolution, but then supported participation in parliamentarianism and trade unionism.
• Trotskyism - Just drop the authoritarianism and you'll be perfect.

Enemies

• Reformism - A system that simply strengthens capitalism.
• Possibilism - It’s not possible to peacefully reform capitalism, you’ll just strengthen capitalism in the end you naive fool!
• Social Democracy - This is what reformism’s natural conclusion is.
• Social Capitalism - All the welfare of the world won't erase the fact that your unequal exploitative structure still remains.
• Libertarian Possibilism - It’s not possible! Stop saying that!

Further Information

Literature

• Non-Market Socialism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Maximilien Rubel and John Crump

Wikipedia

• Impossibilism

Political Parties

• Socialist Party of Great Britain
• World Socialist Party (Ireland)
• World Socialist Party of India
• Socialist Party of Canada (WSM)
• World Socialist Party (New Zealand)
• World Socialist Party of the United States
• League of Democratic Socialists