We wouldn’t have saw the Long March and the CCP would have died in the cities if Mao’s faction, who deviated significantly from the accepted ML orthodoxy at the time, did not win the leadership and ideological struggle. China would not be the superpower it is today if the CCP did not open up to market reforms. I would argue that this same line of reasoning applies to the west today. 99% of the western population is so heavily propagandized that revolution is impossible no matter how well polished your theory is. Wolff has done more for Marxism (in that he has brought more people towards Marxism) than anyone else in North America that I know of. That’s not to say that there is no merit to your concerns that introducing such distorted theory may lead one to go astray later down the path, but so far I am not aware of any Marxist who suddenly went socdem or now thinks that co-ops are the answer because they listened to Wolff.

I’m also curious, those who disavow this type of liberal-pandering Marxist education/communication; what is your envisioned path towards revolution?