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A trolley problem meme captioned "The two party system" showing a person at a lever who can only change the color of the trolley from red to blue while it runs over a long line of people.
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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

I'm sorry but the USA has not been an autocracy for 250 years. Maybe you misspoke?

I hate your house analogy. But I'll use it if that helps.

people who think systems of oppression should be destroyed rather than reformed are losers.

People who are not accredited home inspectors trying to declare a building condemned while the actual occupants are trying to renovate, are wrong.

the true marxist vanguard party

Yea because that's not how it works. Marxism is an end point for social democracy. In the context of a society achieving marxism, a marxist party would be redundant.

A society of people who would rather fight than vote will not rebuild better institutions than the one's they forsook.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In the context of a society achieving marxism, a marxist party would be redundant.

    If you swap that for "in the context of a society achieving a stateless classless society, a communist party would be redundant" I completely agree (Marxism is a means of analysis, not an end point). I think maybe you're not familiar with the concept of a vanguard party? It doesn't really matter to what I was saying, that was a throwaway self-depreciating joke. But if you want I'm happy to talk about that more.

    A society of people who would rather fight than vote will not rebuild better institutions than the one’s they forsook.

    I think Ireland, Cuba, and the USSR all disprove that... and many more besides. Home rule was a shoe-in for Ireland if not for the revolutionary war. Batista held elections. The February revolution lead to significant reforms before the October revolution. Sometimes the good fight is worth fighting.

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