'If socialists should seek office in a capitalist world, they will invariably have to help the capitalist state. They will have to send protestors onto labour organizers. They will have to tow the line of the capitalist state, and see to its functions. If we are to say, we should seek office in bourgaise governments, should not socialists also be justistified, using the warped logic, at sending the [police] at protests? No, obviously, this is absurd [so basically, the only things we do in office in capitalist governments is to frusterate them and try to help destroy the capitalist state]."
So I didn’t get this until a random Lenin text.
Lenin, paraphrased:
'If socialists should seek office in a capitalist world, they will invariably have to help the capitalist state. They will have to send protestors onto labour organizers. They will have to tow the line of the capitalist state, and see to its functions. If we are to say, we should seek office in bourgaise governments, should not socialists also be justistified, using the warped logic, at sending the [police] at protests? No, obviously, this is absurd [so basically, the only things we do in office in capitalist governments is to frusterate them and try to help destroy the capitalist state]."