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Ibrahim Traoré and Burkina Faso have become symbols of a new wave of resistance to imperialism. But what is really happening in Burkina Faso? What has Traoré’s government changed, and where are its contradictions? Our latest article takes a closer look: https://t.co/m4JjSwe848

NGNMarxists's tweet photo. Ibrahim Traoré and Burkina Faso have become symbols of a new wave of resistance to imperialism.

But what is really happening in Burkina Faso? What has Traoré’s government changed, and where are its contradictions?

Our latest article takes a closer look: https://t.co/m4JjSwe848 https://t.co/ibR5jvRNzj

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While you are here, join us to learn about Marxism and how it answers the Nigerian question concretely: https://t.co/WDOKhCwl6D Also, follow @TNMarxists to learn more. Remember, despair is only for those who cannot struggle.

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7. POLITICAL DEMOCRACY WITHOUT ECONOMIC DEMOCRACY REMAINS NOTHING. So when Marxists speak of ruling ideas, we ask: 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏? 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆? The answer is usually the same: those who already own wealth or control the state.

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6. 𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚, 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒉, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕, 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒚𝒆𝒓. Faith can sustain people through suffering, but when it teaches them to endure injustice rather than organise against it, it serves those who benefit from that injustice. The ruling class also tells us that democracy begins and ends at elections. But voting every four years is not enough if a tiny minority controls economic life, finances parties, owns media platforms, buys influence and decides what policies are “realistic.”

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5. 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒐𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔. These differences do exist, but ruling-class politics uses them to stop Nigerians from recognising their common enemy. The workers, farmers, traders, fishermen and unemployed youths do not have the same interests as the billionaires and godfathers who claim their ethnicity or religion. This is why statements like "our son must be president" are a trap, because a president from one ethnic group does not automatically lower food prices, build hospitals or end police brutality. Representation without class transformation simply gives the ruling class a new face.

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4. 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒑𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒖𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. Corruption matters, but treating it as the whole explanation hides the deeper question: Why is political office such a reliable route to wealth in the first place? Because the state is structured as a site of accumulation, where oil revenue, land, licences and contracts are redirected upward to the connected few. This is why anti-corruption without changing property and power reaches a limit.

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3. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑵𝑶 𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 ��𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕. We are told fuel prices must rise, wages must be restrained, services must be cut and the naira must face "market forces." But “the market” is not a force of nature. It is a social arrangement that protects property and profit. When we are told to accept hardship "for the economy," we should ask whose economy? A worker feels inflation as hunger and rent arrears, while those with dollars, assets and contracts protect and even expand their wealth.

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2. Those who own or influence major businesses, banks, land, media, schools, churches and political parties have greater power to circulate their ideas. In Nigeria, the ruling class is not simply "the politicians" but also office-holders, top officials, big contractors, bankers, oil and gas interests, importers, major property owners and the foreign capital linked to them. These different factions can fight fiercely, but they broadly benefit from the same order, i.e., capitalism, where a small minority owns the wealth while the majority must work, hustle, trade or borrow to survive.

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1. 🧵REMARX: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂 In a bid to explain the fundamentals of Marxism, we are starting a new series called ReMarx, where we break down the ideas of Marxism for everyone to understand. When Marxists say “𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔,” we do not mean every rich person has the same opinion, or that ordinary people are incapable of thinking for themselves. We mean that the class which dominates wealth and the state has disproportionate power to make its worldview seem like "common sense." Marx and Engels put it this way: 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

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