Essay critique:Abandon that which you cannot defend

This reminds of a famous quote from a Brazilian Marxist-Leninist, Luís Carlos Prestes:

“The mistake of the [...] intellectual is that they idealize a "socialism", a socialism taken out of their head. And since this socialism does not coincide with real socialism, they then fight real socialism. Actually existing socialism came from a capitalist country, and you cannot change society overnight.

— Comrade FelipeForte ^(talk) 15:41, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

Brilliant quote, thanks for sharing this with me, comrade! --Comrade Jucheguevara ^(talk) 16:13, 2 November 2021 (UTC)

"I will not abandon socialism, however, because socialism has indeed worked in the past! It has raised many millions of persons out of poverty." Hehe pretty soon China's influence will change this to 'over a billion persons out of poverty' Comrade Deogeo ^(talk)