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fallen. As long as dialectical materialism lasts, a Marxist understanding
of politics will endure.
This idea is accepted by many individuals and organizations that
still believe in Marxism. While the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc
still existed, these contemporary Communists separated Communist
regimes from Marxist ideology. They called existing Communist
regimes "real" or "living" Socialism, contending that socialist ideology is
not integral to these regimes; even if they collapsed, it would remain.
Their claim—still considered valid today—is that according to
Marx, a society must undergo particular evolutions, advancing first
from capitalism, then to socialism and finally to Communism. Russia
and other 20th century Communist regimes, however, experienced a
sudden passage from an agricultural society to socialism, omitting the
intervening capitalist stage. Therefore, according to Marxists, it's only
natural that these regimes did not succeed. Today, these countries have
adopted capitalism, to develop through the "stage of capitalism" that
Marx spoke of. When socialism finally comes, it will be stronger and
more enduring.
Many who still believe in Marxism have adopted this interpreta-
tion. Their number includes leading scientists like Stephen Jay Gould to
European Communist parties, from Marxist intellectuals and journalists
to separatist Communist terror organizations. Therefore, it's very wrong
to think that Communism has passed into history with the collapse of
the USSR and the Eastern Bloc, and poses no more threat to the world.
Communism is a political expression of di-
alectical materialism, so that if that theory sur-
vives, so will Communism. If a particular
philosophy is strong in a society, it is only a
matter of its finding an appropriate environ-
ment to make itself politically influential. If
the philosophy of dialectical materialism be-
comes strong and widespread, then

As long as Darwinism survives, so will dialectical material-
ism and Communism. Marxist-Darwinist scientists in the
U.S. are proof of this assertion. At left, Peter Singer's A
Darwinian Left.