[–] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

Plato’s • Philosopher Kings

I’ve tried to explain it to others but like you they swore at me, took my arguments out of context or proportion or used propaganda to negate my point.

Even amongst socialists you will find little proponents for Philosopher Kings.


https://feddit.nl/comment/27815475

Thanks to this eloquent statement you fulfill the definition of Tankie and I’ll be blocking you, any other tankies please block me too.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I’m talking about reform of the definition or the method to reach socialism. Like the difference of methods between Rosa Luxemburg, Lenin, Mao, Eduard Bernstein.

    I am, currently the quotations of Mao, and to be honest it sounded great until he explained that his definition of democracy was not mine or most people’s in current day.

    As a dutch citizen with a parliamentary voting system (not FPTP barbarism) it seems to me deeply egotistical and frightening to read his definition:

    1. The fact that the proletariat revolution prevailed means that the following state body is inherently democratic: this ignores that you need a small minority of well armed people for a revolution compared to a majority vote
    2. That using Marx’s democratic centrism as democracy ignoring the obvious corruptible methods defended by his other notes: of unity through punishment for those against him.
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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago

    Ugg it’s obvious that conversation on this platform has no merit when people can downvote you without reason and total anonymity. It creates the perfect environment for theories of a meddling of 50c army or similar, with no meaningful inclusion.

    Mods are doing too little against this cult like behaviour.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 month ago (1 child)

    I personally have found it to be dangerous to talk about socialism without knowing if the person is a staunch ML or can converse about their critics.

    Like wise if the ownership of the socialism definition and revisionism like Democratic Socialism, Anarchic Socialism is associated or excluded.

    Stepping into socialist theory it seemed like Manifesto of the Communist Party was the one and only way, joining lemmy.ml seemed to reaffirm that but then one listens to Socialists from a different media thier ideas are far less strict. I’m assuming they’ve read other books and pamphlets by other people.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    No no I’m talking about real unions like the German Auto Industry union Industriegewerkschaft Metall

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IG_Metall

    *.ml users will be mad about the impovements made thanks to unions instead of the failed GDR "revolution"

    • Five-day work week (1959)
    • Paid vacation time concessions (1962)
    • 40 hr work week (1965–1967)
    • Paid sick leave (1956)
    • 35-hour work week in the metal industry (1995)
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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Trump, this is how you do tariffs properly.

    1. You create an economic block that already know how to produce the product
    2. you cut out outside competition of said product
    3. worker unions happy, company ceo’s happy
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