Editing Revolutionary defeatism

'''Revolutionary defeatism''' is a term coined by Lenin that first appeared in his 1915 article ''[[Library:The defeat of one’s own government in the imperialist war|The defeat of one’s own government in the imperialist war]]'', while Russia was deep in the middle of the [[First World War|First world war]].

According to Lenin, the definition of revolutionary defeatism can be summed up with the opening paragraph to his article: "During a [[reactionary]] war a [[Revolution|revolutionary]] class cannot but desire the defeat of its government."

He further argues that the revolutionary class (the [[proletariat]] in the age of [[capitalism]]) should do everything in their power to bring about the defeat of their government during imperialist wars, so that a revolution can stem from that war.