>>2931516Your main question was already answered by Lenin a century ago:
>It is impossible to carry out the tasks of Socialism at the present time, it is impossible to achieve real international unity of the workers, without a determined rupture with opportunism and explaining to the masses the inevitability of its bankruptcy.<The War and Russian Social-DemocracyEven if you believe that these Parties aren't completely opportunist, and have revolutionary elements, Lenin said:
>It is absolutely essential to split the most revolutionary elements off from the 'centre'; this can be done only by the ruthless criticism and exposure of the 'centrist' leaders. The organizational break with the 'centre' is an absolute historical necessity.<Theses on the Basic Tasks of the Communist InternationalThe main task is to unite around revolutionary ideology, and in so doing rupture with and isolate revisionism, opportunism, and social chauvinism. The solution certainly isn't to just join an existing Party because you can't be bothered to do the hard work of organizing a revolutionary force that can supplant its influence among the genuinely revolutionary sections of the population. Unity is a great thing, but we need to discern between the unity of Revolutionary Communist forces and the unity of "Communists" with opportunists:
>Unity — a great cause and a great slogan! But the workers' cause requires the unity of the Marxists and not the unity of the Marxists with the opponents and distorters of Marxism.<Unity & Disruption of Unity Under Cover of Outcries for UnityThe revolutionary forces must grasp the roots of the opportunism which exists in their countries, and struggle against it to build the subjective forces for revolution. Within countries like the UK and US this root was already identified by Lenin and the Comintern:
>I would like to say only a few words about Comrade Crispien…. His speech is a most important document, and expresses explicitly the political line of the Right wing of the Independent Social-Democratic Party.>Since we have a good revolutionaryPost too long. Click here to view the full text.