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Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

Pretty sure that’s everyone’s ideal, across all forms of leftism, except perhaps Le Guin’s Anarchist societies she writes about.

Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

Couple things: tiered income would likely exist in early stages of Communism, and certainly in almost all forms of Socialism. Marx makes it exceptionally clear that both intense and skilled labor are represented as condensed unskilled labor.

Either way, there are examples of anti-capitalism. Chiapas and Rojava are more Libertarian Socialist. There’s also countries like Cuba, Vietnam, and Laos, who appear to be attempting to reject Capitalism still and still operating on some basis of Marxism-Leninism Socialism. China relies on Capitalism as their dominant mode of production, but claims to be Socialist by 2050, though that remains to be seen.

The nations you think of as “Communist” are typically Communist in ideology, but are building towards it through Socialism. Just as Feudalism gave way to Capitalism, so to do Marxists believe Capitalism is a necessary stage before Socialism, which is a necessary stage before Communism.

Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

Yes, so you’re proving the Communists and Socialists in this thread correct. Across all Capitalist systems, the bourgeoisie are still the ones calling the shots. Therefore, a better system would be a more decentralized, worker owned system, perhaps along the lines of Socialism or Anarchism, to reach an eventual state of Communism in the far future.

What exactly do you take issue with Socialism, Communism, and Anarchism here? You appear to be advocating for a more top-down system like Capitalism, than a bottom-up system. Your argument appears to uphold your criticism.

Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

My phone’s autocorrect, apparently.

Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

…do you think Russia is still Socialist? The Russian oligarchs are Billionaire Capitalists.

The USSR collapsed in the 90s, buddy.

Cowbee, to memes in Communist Filth/Capitalist Filth

That’s incorrect.

Socialism is Worker Ownership of the Means of Production. There sre many, many forms, such as Anarcho-Syndicalism, Marxism-Leninism, Democratic Socialism, Market Socialism, Libertarian Socialism, Anarcho-Communism, Council Communism, Left Communism, and more.

Communism is a more specific form of Socialism, by which you have achieved a Stateless, Classless, moneyless society. Many Communist ideologies are transitional towards Communism, such as the USSR’s Marxism-Leninism or China’s Dengism and Maoism.

Whether by reform or Revolution, the form doesn’t change.

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

Yes, so we should decommodify housing.

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

I want to decommidify housing, as there’s no need for that. You want people on the streets, and are making up lies to justify your hatred for poor people.

Simple as.

Cowbee, (edited ) to memes in Two Party System. Why.

Only few dems actually support universal Healthcare, unfortunately, and the majority don’t care about anything but lining their pockets. It’s the same with the GOP, of course.

That being said, of course vote for dems if your only other option is reps. What’s bad is better than what’s terrible. However, don’t simply vote and be done with it.

Educate yourself. Improve your life. Exercise, organize, teach. Grassroots praxis is where you can meaningfully improve the lives of your community, and carry that momentum elsewhere. The two party system isn’t going to be corrected purely via electoralism, it’s a stop-gap to prevent sliding into fascism.

Cowbee, to 196 in Rule

Participatory Economics, Worker councils, worker self-management, Mutual Aid, Syndicalism, etc.

Cowbee, to memes in If only dreams came true

It would be even nicer if Conservatives stopped being Conservatives. The Overton Window needs to be moved way more to the left.

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

Wow, you are an awful person, lmao. You require people to remain in destitution because you anecdotally dealt with rude people? Perhaps they were rude because you’re an awful person?

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

People work to improve their material conditions. Material conditions drive society, after all. Do you do household chores at all, or do you let everyone else do them for you?

Communal ownership of property is the only way to truly aim at fulfilling needs and desires, rather than the profit motive.

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

The bourgeoisie requires a risk of destitution to prevent the proletariat from rising up.

Cowbee, to memes in Anti Homeless Architecture

Commodification of necessities has led to perhaps the worst of modern problems.

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