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Interesting to read a recent Substack [article] (https://davidrenton590934.substack.com/p/marx-and-morals-was-lukacs-right) by the British historian DK Renton on why Gyorgy Lukacs initially rejected the October Revolution - declaring that ethical political legitimacy arises from actions that lead to the general improvement of society, and that the Bolsheviks failed that test by deceitfully concentrating power in an autocracy through murder and torture. The remainder of the article then largely considers whether individual self-sacrifice is a necessary/worthwhile means to pursue a political end, but it's worth broadening the discussion to see how moral agency of the political kind applies to social democracy. The early pioneers of the philosophy sought power in order to lay the foundations of the welfare state, and create a social infrastructure that would consolidate itself outside of politics, looking after its citizenry from cradle to grave. In recent decade, we've perhaps lost sight of such ethical priorities, as the protection of sectional interests came to the form, but do new leftists such as Mamdani mark a return to basic civic duties?

Even on the Internet, information about the team is very sketchy, only that they were founded around 1906, and last played in the Uruguayan top flight in 1923. They must have been a decent standard, though, as they drew with Brazil, and beat notable clubs like Botafago and Santos.