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it's not ironic if you really understand socialism.
by optimuspaul 5y ago
it's not ironic if you really understand socialism.
- parineum 5y agoPatreon seems like a very libertarian environment to me. I'm not sure how I could see it any differently.
- loopercal 5y agoA lot of the original libertarians were...socialists. The term today has been rebranded to mean strictly anarcho-capitalists but it originally included anarcho-communists and libertarian socialists.
- parineum 5y agoWell, I'm using the word as it is used today. That doesn't really address my confusion. Patreon is a world were value produced is both determined and rewarded by a free market of consumers choosing where to spend their money. I do find it ironic that a socialists are at the top of the Patreon food chain and yet the comment: > it's not ironic if you really understand socialism. says I shouldn't. I'm looking for someone to explain to me why.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoMany socialist-adjacent philosophies are anticapitalist. Hence, the irony. Yes, yes, I know that it's not hypocrisy for anticapitalists to use money. I also know that not all socialists are anticapitalist. Still ironic.
- jessaustin 5y agoSome people seem to conflate capitalism with free enterprise. A deeper study would reveal them to be near opposites.
- false-mirror 5y agoA not-anti-capitalist socialist is not a socialist. TLDR: Capitalism is when production is determined by people holding capital. Socialism is when production is determined by the members of society. So the question being, should an economy be democratic or run by the rich.So long as socialists workers work democratically, there is no hypocrisy in earning money.
- wizzwizz4 5y agoEven the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_socialism says you're right. Huh. TIL.
- tshaddox 5y agoI bet they subsist on food that was produced via capitalist enterprise too. Not ironic.