In response to your last sentence (and briefly): isn't that the point of political and social revolutions?Re. your first paragraph: Spontaneism is actually a form of utopianism (literally: "going nowhere"). Despite Snert's politics, spontaneism on the left is indeed the apocalyptic notion that the masses will rise up in the end times, so there's no need to organize today. Sorry, but I don't agree with the authors' quasi-Luxemburgist ****. There's no real link between the structured organization of the pre-war SPD (Lenin's party model, in fact) and its vote for war credits.
Yes, it literally does go nowhere while operating within the existing structures, because the glass ceiling can never be adjusted more than inches above the floor in relation to the wholesale problems that beg solutions. That is the point exactly, in that there is no point in becoming an operative of change when one derives satisfaction and complacency in achieving that which is handed down after a protracted campaign of whining at the leg of the table. Gratefully, we consume the generosity bestowed from above, satisfied with our achievement until the aroma of necessity stirs us once again from the accustomed place in the corner, where we usually find satisfaction in reminiscence, and with our own tongues.