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Yes, it's either the terminally online, or the people that have managed to actually make it far enough that it even matters. In the west, it absolutely doesn't matter, except perhaps in revolutionary strategy, ie Anarcho-Syndicalism vs Vanguardism vs etc.
Day to day, the same exact praxis persists: educate yourself, improve your life and understanding, advocate for positive change, unionize, build up your community, and educate others. It doesn't matter what leftist tendency you personally prefer, the praxis on a day to day level is the same.
Also at this point both syndies and vanguardists have the clearest path to power through radical unionism, including tenant, student, and municipal unionism
Revolutionarily, I agree. Especially in such a non-unionized country like the US, Syndicalism seems more apt than hoping for a Vanguard Party.
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Vanguard parties will always emerge as some proles will be radicalized sooner than others, the difference in union strategy is that syndies want less centralization between the radical unions and dont percieve themselves as the vanguard.
Depends on what you consider to be a Vanguard, whether you mean an actual, defined party or simply more educated, radicalized proles leading others.
I guess I dont see the difference outside of the latter being less organized and as a function of that being less effective.
That's exactly the difference, organizational structure and levels. Effectiveness or otherwise notwithstanding.