The Communist Hypothesis

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We know that communism is the right hypothesis. All those who abandon this hypothesis immediately resign themselves to the market economy to parliamentary democracythe form of state suited to capitalismand to the inevitable and natural character of the most monstrous inequalities.Alain Badiou Alain Badious communist hypothesis first stated in 2008 cut through the cant and compromises of the past twenty years to reconceptualize the Left. The hypothesis is a fresh demand for universal emancipation and a galvanizing call to arms. Anyone concerned with the future of the planet needs to reckon with the ideas outlined within this book.