Any unity, coincidence or equivalence of opposites can only be relative and temporary, since their conflict is absolute - that is, unqualified and unlimited. A clear awareness of the oppositions and contradictions in politics and revolutionary activity removes the danger of clouding the distinctions between classes and parties, between progressive and reactionary forces, and ensures firm and permanent adherence to revolutionary class positions. Lenin sharply criticised the opportunist Social-Democratic leaders who refused to accept that the contradictions of bourgeois society were becoming more intense in the imperialist stage of capitalism. Lenin's critique and its philosophical basis are still effective today against those who seek to paper over the contradictions of imperialism and thus hinder their abolition through revolution. Link between materialist dialectics and revolutionary action To Lenin, the Marxist proposition on the organic link between materialist dialectics and revolutionary action was vitally important.
Dialectics embraces an infinite variety of approaches to reality.
This is not an abstract versatility, but emerges from contact with the infinite variety of the real world. And the dialectical method continues to grow and gain strength from its contact with the remarkable scientific and technical developments and social advance in the world today.