Impossibilism

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. They also believe that spontaneous revolutionary actions are the only viable method to achieve a socialist society. Because of this, impossibilists oppose vanguardism and democratic centralism in Leninism.

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.

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

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

Relationships

Friends

De Leonism - My father who taught me almost everything I know.
Luxemburgism - She's opposed to both reformism and vanguardism like me. Also, worker councils and unions are great.
Mao-Spontex - Not sure about democratic centralism, but I enjoy your commitment to a spontaneous revolution nonetheless.

Frenemies

Revolutionary Syndicalism - Sorry, but trade unions aren’t effective as a form of revolutionary organization.
Leninism - The working class themselves needs to create a revolution, not just a professional vanguard.
Democratic Socialism - I appreciate your socialist ideal, but I don't think that can be achieved by participating in liberal democracy. Social reforms will only stabilize capitalism!

Enemies

Social Democracy - Because of decades of reformism, you made too many compromises with the bourgeoisie. You're just a capitalist with a large welfare state!
Social Capitalism - All the welfare of the world won't erase the fact that your unequal exploitative structure still remains.

Further Information

Literature

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

Wikipedia

Impossibilism

Political Parties

V • E Libertarian Left - Sexual freedom and setting dumpsters on fire
Moderate
Main	Acid Communism • Anarcha-Feminism • Anarcho-Collectivism • Ultimate Ideal • Anarcho-Communism • Anarcho-Naturism • Anarcho-Pacifism • Anarcho-Primitivism • Anarcho-Syndicalism • Anationalism • Autonomism • Black Anarchism • Catholic Workerism • Christian Anarchism • Council Communism • Crusade of Romanianism • Democratic Confederalism • Diggerism • Eco-Anarchism • Ego-Communism • Existentialist Anarchism • Geosyndicalism • Green Syndicalism • Independence Anarchism • Indigenism • Indigenous Anarchism • Insurrectionary Anarchism • Islamic Anarchism • Jewish Anarchism • Libertarian Market Socialism • Libertarian Municipalism • Libertarian Possibilism • Libertarian Socialism • Machajskism • Minarcho-Socialism • Mutualism • National Anarchism • Neozapatismo • Platformism • Post-Colonial Anarchism • Post-Leftism • Postcolonial Feminism • Queer Anarchism • Ricardian Socialism • Situationism • Social Anarchism • Steiner-Vallentyne School • Syndicalism • Total Liberationism • Utopian Socialism • Xenofeminism
Self Insert	Grugoidism • Venatrixism • Neosyndicalism • Rocksism • Epoch Neo-Marxism

V • E Socialists - Boys in red doing stuff
Main	Planned Socialism • Directed Socialism
Markets
Self-Inserts	Venatrixism • Grugoidism • Baxism • Scorpism • Revolutionary Monarchism • Epoch Neo-Marxism • BetterCallSneedism • Imperial Socialism