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The paper discusses how tensions between revisionist and revolutionary Marxism demonstrate that even though each political ideology or world-view has a set of widely accepted notions, there are significant tensions within each ideology. The paper explains that the most significant tension within Marxism was bitter disagreement over how to rid the world of capitalism and replace it with communism. The paper further explains that Revolutionary Marxism held that communism could only be achieved through violent upheaval or revolution, while revisionist Marxism held that communism could be achieved through gradual and peaceful means.

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"The tensions between revisionist and revolutionary Marxism demonstrate that even though each political ideology or world-view has a set of widely accepted notions, there are significant tensions within each ideology. The most significant tension within Marxism was bitter disagreement over how to rid the world of capitalism and replace it with communism. Revolutionary Marxism held that communism could only be achieved through violent upheaval or revolution, while revisionist Marxism held that..."

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