Cowbee

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It certainly do be

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You can always just have multiple accounts, if you're specifically trying to avoid Marxists but also liberals, dbzer0 is probably what you want, but you could also have a Lemmynsfw.com account as well.

Lemmy is lacking in Anarchist and NSFW instances from what I know of, so either you will want to go with a general purpose instance that doesn't block NSFW instances and deal with liberals and Marxists also federated with the general purpose instance, or maintain 2 accounts. Some apps let you swap at the press of a button without needing to relog in. I personally have a Hexbear.net account and a Lemmy.ml account, the former for relaxing and checking the news, the latter generally for trying to get liberals to read theory, so I use Jerboa for Lemmy.ml and Hexbear.net through my browser (so I get access to the unique Hexbear emotes). Works well for me!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Browsing Hexbear's All vs Lemmy.ml's All is night and day different in terms of average post and commenter quality. Lemmy.world and similarly aligned right-wing instances really drags down the average quality of discussions.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

That's not really accurate. There are revolutionary forms of Socialism like Syndicalism, and there are reformist stances among Communists like the CPUSA. Revolution may be "correct" for Communists, but that's not the source of division between Marxist and non-Marxist Socialists.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

A bit nitpicky, but the idea behind SWCC isn't that the Capialists in the PRC are "the people's Capitalists" or anything, but that the State as a DotP allows market competition in a controlled manner similar to a birdcage. As these markets form monopolist syndicates, they centralize, and socialize, by which point the CPC increases public owership. Communism is achieved by degree, not by decree. Trying to achieve Communism through fiat has historically resulted in struggles and difficulties.

I recommend reading Socialism Developed China, Not Capitalism for an overview of what that entails.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago

Won't someone think of the poor, innocent Capitalists?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Beans and rice!

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (12 children)

Or when you bring sources and they straight up ignore them entirely...

I understand not wanting to read or go through the entire Marxist-Leninist books I recommend, not everybody has the time for that, but a 5-20 minute article? You waste more time debating me after the fact than you would have just reading the article, at least do me the courtesy of skimming it and trying to engage with my points.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months ago

When our turn comes we shall not make excuses for the terror.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago

"The very concept of "revolutionary violence" is somewhat falsely cast, since most of the violence comes from those who attempt to prevent reform, not from those struggling for reform. By focusing on the violent rebellions of the downtrodden, we overlook the much greater repressive force and violence utilized by the ruling oligarchs to maintain the status quo, including armed attacks against peaceful demonstrations, mass arrests, torture, destruction of opposition organizations, suppression of dissident publications, death squad assassinations, the extermination of whole villages, and the like."

-Michael Parenti, Blackshirts and Reds

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

I think more important than that, is the reason for liberalism, which is the base, ie the Mode of Production.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Cuba, the PRC, USSR, etc. All had large democratization of the economy compared to the fascist slaver system under Batista, the Nationalist Kuomintang, and the brutal Tsarist regime. Centralization doesn't inherently mean democratic control, but you can't have meaningful democratic input without control, and thus democratic output.

Again, decentralized market systems naturally result in the "better" firms monopolizing and outcompeting, this isn't something that can be meaningfully fought.

AES states have by no means been perfect democratic wonderlands, of course, but they have brought large democratization with respect to the level of development of the productive forces. I highly recommend reading the essay Why do Marxists Fail to Bring the "Worker's Paradise?" It takes 20 minutes and contextualizes the benefits and struggles of AES states. Socialism is often judged through a false, idealist lens, rather than an analysis of the actual material conditions and structures.

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