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Your image of socialism is so tainted by state and soviet-style socialism that I think you need to dig a bit deeper into the history of socialism before assumin
by cloudfifty 5y ago
Your image of socialism is so tainted by state and soviet-style socialism that I think you need to dig a bit deeper into the history of socialism before assuming so much as you do. Bertrand Russell's "The Practice and Theory
of Bolshevism (1920!)" is a good start, even if just the introduction. Basically that it's a really clear contemporary criticism of it from other democratic socialists.
It's fascinating how uncomfortable it is for some to even acknowledge the existence of democratic minded socialists, even when we've existed as long as socialism itself (obviously).
- bart_spoon 5y agoMy image of socialism is tainted by history. I'm well aware that there are democratic minded socialists, but I'm also well aware that democratic minded socialists have never actually been able to establish a democratic socialist regime anywhere. At what point am I allowed to connect the dots that democracy and socialism are inherently incompatible, as nice as they sound on paper?
- cloudfifty 5y ago> At what point am I allowed to connect the dots that democracy and socialism are inherently incompatible, as nice as they sound on paper? When what's tried is not fundamentally (authoritarian vs democratic) different from the start.