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@ Cowbee @lemmy.ml

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Actually, this town has more than enough room for the two of us

He/him or they/them, doesn't matter too much

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  • Social safety nets like medicine and education are not socialism. Socialism is a mode of production characterized by public ownership as the principle aspect of the economy, and the working classes in charge of the state. Buying things and working for a living is not "promoting capitalism," it's existing within it. Someone deliberately saying "we need capitalism, imperialism, and genocide" like liberals do, who continue to prop up the DNC and GOP, are the ones promoting capitalism. You're projecting hardcore right now.

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  • I voted third party, not for either genocidal mainstream party. I also organize in real life, I don't treat politics like an event once every 2 years. I'll point fingers at the ones responsible, the capitalist system, the capitalist class, and those that enable them. You're one of the enablers, and until youunderstand the necessity for moving beyond liberalism instead of protecting it, you'll always be an enabler of fascism and genocide.

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  • I never voted for genocide.

    I only voted for Kamala

    You voted for genocide.

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  • First of all, Sweden doesn't have socialism to begin with. You're right that capitalism decaying means their safety nets have a time limit, but they subsidize them via imperialism. Socialism refers to an economy where public ownership is the principle aspect of the economy, and the working classes are in charge of the state.

    As for your point on "sheep" and "people who challenge things," a lot of this is again trying to look at the effects of class society and presuming it to be the cause. The superstructure is shaped by the base, which is reinforced by the superstructure. The superstructure does not create the base.

    Liberals are right-wing, because, regardless of intentions, they contribute to the perpetuation of capitalism and the rise in fascism. It has nothing to do with what they want the outcome to be, and everything to do with what they actually do.

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  • No problem!

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  • I don't recommend purchasing it as an individual! I certainly haven't, it makes sense for a party to do so but not individuals. Comrade @cenarius@lemmygrad.ml found a working link for a free copy here!

  • Good Mastodon instances for radical leftists?

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  • I suppose my point is that Marxism and anarchism answer the same question in many ways in the opposite direction. Marxist analysis points to collectivization of production and distribution, and anarchism points to communalization and horizontalism. You can't really reconcile these differences, as much as some authors have tried. Regarding points whete anarchists developed more Marxist-like political organizing structures, I see this more as reality necessitating these, than Marxism being compatible with anarchism.

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  • Thank you so much!

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  • You're confusing effect with cause, and as a consequence are mis-analyzing the key issues here. Fascism is rising because imperialism is decaying, and austerity is being brought home. It isn't rising abstractly, but due to concrete material conditions. Perpetuating capitalism perpetuates the rise in fascism, so liberals, like it or not, are ineffectively fighting fascism by supporting the very system that gives rise to it.

    As for what I do personally, I organize with a communist party, one that focuses on unionization, striking, protesting, and educating the working classes. I don't sit on my hands for years at a time waiting for the next genocidal democrat to vote for, but instead make political activism a part of my life. Trying to claim that leftists are all infiltrators or grifters for having principles and coherent political analysis is absurd.

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  • What on Earth are you talking about?

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  • What's wrong with Marxism? Why not engage with Marxists? Further, I know many Lemmy.ml users are anarchists or even liberals, we aren't all communists.

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  • When did I say China is a paradise? My point is that the socialist system in China is great, not perfect, not merely passable, but from my view as a Statesian it is moving forward and shows no signs of this slowing. As the country I reside in bombs other countries into submission, plunders the global south, and kills protestors and marginalized populations on stolen land, it's hard not to admire the working system in China.

    China should be criticized, but this should be done on the basis of meaningful critique. When blanket half-truths and falsehoods are disguised as "critique," this just serves to legitimize the US Empire's antagonism. For example, if I say McDonalds would be better off if they stopped putting cyanide in 10% of their burgers, this doesn't actually add anything. It isn't critique, it's nonsense.

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  • I don't have a link, unfortunately.

    Either way, the PRC does admit to flaws and problems. The method of criticism and self-criticism is applied in China. Further, the government isn't run by a "bunch of horny greedy assholes." Corruption exists to a certain degree, but the CPC regularly cracks down on this, rather than allowing it to flourish. It seems, above all, that you're letting your distrust of government in general cause you to magnify problems in China beyond their real existence in order to equate it to capitalist states.

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  • The one on dbzer0 is active enough, and maintains a useful wiki I keep bookmarked.

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  • I have never lived in China, no, but the textbook I provided is an overview of the real systems that exist, flaws and all, combined with the theoretical reasoning for the structures and the reasons they have changed over time, their history. That's why I added that socialist democracy is imperfect, but it stands in stark contrast to the utter failure that is capitalist democracy, and I listed the reasons why.

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  • The Chinese political system is based on whole-process people's democracy, a form of consultative democracy. The local government is directly elected, and then these governments elect people to higher rungs, meaning any candidate at the top level must have worked their way up from the bottom and directly proved themselves. Moreover, the economy in the PRC is socialist, with public ownership as the principle aspect of the economy. Combining this consultative, ground-up democracy with top-down economic planning is the key to China's success.

    The US Empire, on the other hand, has private ownership as principle, with top-down "democracy." Candidates are pre-selected, and term limits ensure that even if a genuine socialist won, they would not be able to sufficiently change the system. It's designed for maintaining the dominance of capital.

    I highly recommend Roland Boer's Socialism in Power: On the History and Theory of Socialist Governance. Socialist democracy has been imperfect, but has gone through a number of changes and adaptations over the years as we've learned more from testing theory to practice. Boer goes over the history behind socialist democracy in this textbook.

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  • It isn't implying that democracy is a bad thing, but instead that democracy within capitalism is just democracy for the capitalist class and dictatorship for the working classes.

  • Liberals believed China being "authoritarian", the DPRK being a "dictatorship", and now IrAn KiLlEd 30k PeOPle!!!!

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  • That position doesn't really exist, though. Media literacy is one of the most important skills anyone can develop.

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  • I can understand not trusting the US Empire, Israel, etc, but why not trust the PRC? I'd rather trust a socialist country with a functional democratic governance over capitalist countries.

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  • No, this cannot exist in capitalism, and it is not a problem of culture, but the mode of production.

  • Memes @lemmy.ml
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    Rest in peace, comrade Michael Parenti

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    Dialectical Materalism: How to Think Like a Marxist

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    Capitalist authority vs. worker authority

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    Capitalist authority vs. worker authority

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    Whenever a Cuban exile downtalks Cuba and its revolution, always ask why!

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    Whenever a Cuban exile downtalks Cuba and its revolution, always ask why!

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    End the blockade! No to sanctions!

  • Cuba @lemmy.ml
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    Everything you've been told about Cuba is a lie

    inv.nadeko.net /watch
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    End the blockade! No to sanctions!

  • Communism @lemmy.ml
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    Marxism-Leninism Study Guide: Basic Course

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    Marx on his Dialectical Method

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    Marx on his Dialectical Method

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    Fascism is a consequence of capitalist decay

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    The west seeks the secrets of juche necromancy

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    Revolutionary Layers in Organization According to Lenin

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    Happy holidays, everyone!

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    Always funny when conservatives think I'm a liberal

  • World News @lemmy.ml
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    Venezuela's Communal Project - Monthly Review

    monthlyreview.org /articles/venezuelas-communal-project/
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    China pledges $100m for Gaza as Israeli siege continues to devastate enclave

    www.middleeasteye.net /live-blog/live-blog-update/china-pledges-100m-gaza-israeli-siege-continues-devastate-enclave
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Piped? Invidious? Anything else? Which frontend should I link for YouTube content that respects privacy, like XCancel for Twitter links?