thefreepenguinalt

In Socialist Roaders, I hear many people say that "China is capitalist". What I'd like to ask as a response is "Is Sweden socialist?" Any Marxist will respond to that question with a resounding "no". By analyzing class struggle, I have found a pattern. When the class that is not in power ramps up class struggle, the class currently in power has two options:

A) Offer concessions, or B) Double down.

In bourgeois states, both of these approaches have been taken in history. Option A has been taken by countries such as the Nordics, while Option B has been taken by a country like Nazi Germany. Option B leads to an all-out war between bourgeois and proletarian states. China, a proletarian state, is also faced with this dilemma due to the international bourgeoisie threatening socialism, but this time, it's flipped on its head. As socialism is no longer as strong, China choosing Option B would likely result in WW3, which China would want to avoid. As a result, China chose Option A. However, just as concessions made to the proletariat in bourgeois states got rolled back as capitalism became the dominant mode of production, China will roll back concessions to the bourgeoisie once socialism becomes on an equal level, if not dominant.

I'm trying to look at a long reply chain, but it's impossible due to how buggy it is. Maybe don't collapse them?

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So much for depressing and gray

PLEEAASE, Lemmy admins, increase the filesize limit to 2MB because 1MB causes many issues

(Firefox 102.13.0esr on Debian, if you're wondering)

Why are some pictures not loading properly here?

If I make art, I would like to get compensated by it. However, under market capitalism, my art has to sell well to make money, which means that I cannot make art out of pure volition, but have to adhere to what consumers like, which may not be in line with what I like. Plus, market capitalism/SnD opens up a whole other can of worms about copyright, piracy, and morality. With an LToV-based system for compensating for art, I will get paid based on how much I worked, rather than if consumers like it or not. In other words, I can allow people to copy and redistribute/remix it without worrying about a loss of customers. To quote George Lucas "[In the USA], you have to adhere to a very narrow line of commercialism".