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"Better red than expert" is not a prerequisite for socialist thought. For what it's worth, putting totally unqualified ideologues in positions of real temporal
by revolvingocelot 5y ago
"Better red than expert" is not a prerequisite for socialist thought. For what it's worth, putting totally unqualified ideologues in positions of real temporal power over the economy and health of the nation and watching them fuck everything up is something we do in modern capitalism, too. Our tools are different; political power grows not out of the barrel of a gun but a barrel full of money with a dollar sign on it.
I find it bafflingly common to encounter the conflation of authoritarianism with collectivism.
- Isinlor 5y agoYou can reach collectivism only trough authoritarianism. Do you know any collectivist society above 1 million people that was not authoritarian? Even China learned from the mistakes of collectivist ideas and moved towards socialist market economy which lead to the greatest uplifting of people from the extreme poverty in the whole history of human species.