• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    Nah. I’m an actual communist

    My policy positions make Vladimir Lenin look like Hillary Clinton.

    My problem with Marxist-Leninists, is the authoritarianism, which is the worst part about trump too.

    Does it make sense now?

    I think authoritarianism is bad, and even if an authoritarian agrees with me on every aspect of policy, I’ll never be on their side.

    It’s a difference at a fundamental level.

    Quick edit:

    As simple as possible, they topped out at what people need to survive, a giant population of people getting just enough to live and work, to support a ruling class of politicians who were essentially oligarchs.

    I think everyone should have enough to be comfortable because without that life is still miserable for 99.99% of the population, it’s switching out one ruling class for another.

    That’s not a win, it’s not changing the game. It’s shuffling the cards and playing the same game we know isn’t good.

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        25 days ago

        Not even sure what that is, but anyone wanti g anarchism likely doesn’t know what that means.

        Like, if there’s anarcho-luddittes out there who thinks we should completely destroy society and go back to living in the forest in tribes of ~150 people…

        I wouldnt agree with them that it’s the best path, but I wouldn’t consider them hypocritical because at least they understand where anarchism would lead and are being honest about it

        For everything else with “anarcho” tacked on the front, I feel it’s safe to say I’d disagree with them without looking into what they’re about.



        I did go ahead and Google that before hitting reply, just to be safe since I honestly hadn’t heard that term before.

        And that’s just putting trade unions in charge, which would end up the same as any other ruling class.

        I’m saying there shouldn’t be a ruling class at all.

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      25 days ago

      My problem with Marxist-Leninists, is the authoritarianism

      So you’re an “actual communist” who never bothered to actually read anything Marx or Engels wrote.