"so far zero utopias" so your position is... that no revolution is good unless it inaugurates heaven on earth? https://t.co/54iMxvwSgk— Tom Frome (@TomFrome) August 9, 2021
“When people have nothing to eat they eat the rich, and where there are no rich they each each other” is she defending capitalism there? that it’s preferable to have capitalists at the helm so at least we have someone to point the finger at?
My guess is she’s doing a “defense of kulaks”, thinking they’re poor peasants, and thus seeing collectivization as a negative. I’ve even seen a lot of anarchists defending kulaks on that basis. Either way this is peak liberalism for preferring the status quo to revolution against landlords and capitalists.
It’s preferable for me to have capitalists at the helm because they didn’t destroy the economy and oppress political dissidents. No neolibs though, they can find their own spot of grass.
USA: becomes first world power in the span of 200 years, having come out of WW2 unscathed and able to lend money to the whole of Europe for purchasing US goods and services.
USSR: becomes second world power in the span of three generations, having to industrialise in 1917 starting from nothing, losing lots of infrastructure and 20 million citizens during WW2.
“When people have nothing to eat they eat the rich, and where there are no rich they each each other” is she defending capitalism there? that it’s preferable to have capitalists at the helm so at least we have someone to point the finger at?
My guess is she’s doing a “defense of kulaks”, thinking they’re poor peasants, and thus seeing collectivization as a negative. I’ve even seen a lot of anarchists defending kulaks on that basis. Either way this is peak liberalism for preferring the status quo to revolution against landlords and capitalists.
It’s just the typical “the real victims were the rich fucks all this time!” talking point that I heard over and over and over again growing up.
Yeah, “stunning analysis” Contrapoints.
Peasants were treated so much better in free Makhnovia, which is totally different from what the evil tankies did 😡
It’s preferable for me to have capitalists at the helm because they didn’t destroy the economy and oppress political dissidents. No neolibs though, they can find their own spot of grass.
USA: becomes first world power in the span of 200 years, having come out of WW2 unscathed and able to lend money to the whole of Europe for purchasing US goods and services.
USSR: becomes second world power in the span of three generations, having to industrialise in 1917 starting from nothing, losing lots of infrastructure and 20 million citizens during WW2.
Libs on lemmy: communism destroys the economy.
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You’re right, but please be civil.
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What does this even mean? You get a head injury or what?