"An Absolutely Wonderful Constitution
The theses for the tenth Congress of the Italian Communist Party state that
“the Italian way to socialism passes through the building of the new State
outlined in the Constitution (which is a profoundly different thing from the current regime) and the emergence of new ruling classes to its direction.”
According to the statement by Togliatti and certain other comrades, the Italian Constitution is an absolutely wonderful constitution (...)
Of course, we do not deny that the current Italian Constitution contains certain grandiloquent phrases; but how can a Marxist-Leninist take these grandiloquent phrases written in a bourgeois constitution as reality?
There are 139 articles in the current Italian Constitution. However, ultimately, its class nature is more clearly represented by Article 42, which states that “private property is recognized and guaranteed by law”; considering the reality of Italy, this article guarantees the private property of the monopolistic bourgeoisie. By virtue of this clause, the Constitution satisfies the needs of monopolistic capitalists, as their private property is made sacred and inviolable. Trying to hide the true nature of the Italian Constitution and discussing it in superlative terms is merely to deceive oneself and others. (...)
In short, Togliatti and other comrades intend to “realize socialism” within the framework of the Italian bourgeois Constitution, completely forgetting that although there are some attractively compiled articles in the Italian Constitution, the monopolistic bourgeoisie can annul this constitution whenever it finds it necessary and appropriate, as long as it has control of the state apparatus and the armed forces."
from "Ancora sulle divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi" (1963)
Mao Tse-Tung
The theses for the tenth Congress of the Italian Communist Party state that
“the Italian way to socialism passes through the building of the new State
outlined in the Constitution (which is a profoundly different thing from the current regime) and the emergence of new ruling classes to its direction.”
According to the statement by Togliatti and certain other comrades, the Italian Constitution is an absolutely wonderful constitution (...)
Of course, we do not deny that the current Italian Constitution contains certain grandiloquent phrases; but how can a Marxist-Leninist take these grandiloquent phrases written in a bourgeois constitution as reality?
There are 139 articles in the current Italian Constitution. However, ultimately, its class nature is more clearly represented by Article 42, which states that “private property is recognized and guaranteed by law”; considering the reality of Italy, this article guarantees the private property of the monopolistic bourgeoisie. By virtue of this clause, the Constitution satisfies the needs of monopolistic capitalists, as their private property is made sacred and inviolable. Trying to hide the true nature of the Italian Constitution and discussing it in superlative terms is merely to deceive oneself and others. (...)
In short, Togliatti and other comrades intend to “realize socialism” within the framework of the Italian bourgeois Constitution, completely forgetting that although there are some attractively compiled articles in the Italian Constitution, the monopolistic bourgeoisie can annul this constitution whenever it finds it necessary and appropriate, as long as it has control of the state apparatus and the armed forces."
from "Ancora sulle divergenze fra il compagno Togliatti e noi" (1963)
Mao Tse-Tung
DeBaser says
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