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> Nevertheless, communism is a valid threat to current-state America, as there seems to be a large push towards marxist ideologies that are corrupting long stan

by piva00 3y ago

> Nevertheless, communism is a valid threat to current-state America, as there seems to be a large push towards marxist ideologies that are corrupting long standing public institutions. Blame that on neoliberal policies enacted since the 80s which eroded the social contract between employment and the fruits of labour. America's economical policies have steadily eroded the middle class, when the system isn't working people will look into alternatives to fix its failures, the system never fixes itself, the longer these issues fester the harsher the whiplash will be. I'm also curious: what kind of marxist ideology is taking over America's politics? I don't see anyone in the USA's political landscape advocating for land redistribution, communal ownership of the means of production, etc. There's no Marxism in the USA's power structure, at least not in any meaningful form, there might be some Reddit/TikTok vitriol but that is just that: vitriol. From what I see in the US people are shouting about wanting a fairer system, not for the proletariat to take over the means of production...

hellojesus 3y ago
> I don't see anyone in the USA's political landscape advocating for land redistribution, communal ownership of the means of production, etc. I constantly see politicans declaring we need to tax the rich or need wealth taxes. And they want to use the taxes to pay for nonpublic goods: social security, housing for all, medical for all, etc. That is more socialsim than communism, but now we have interesting events at the state level: NY just effectively seized a business from a man in a civil lawsuit against an individual wherein no harm was declared to befall a party. The implication is that now all private transactions in the state will require a government-approved stamp or face the possibility of being later nullified and seized by the gov. It's the first actual step in gov seizure of production: requiring the gov to allow a private, voluntary transaction with no third party harm before the transaction is solidified. That's akin to gov controlled production to me.

by piva00 3y ago

hellojesus 3y ago

> I don't see anyone in the USA's political landscape advocating for land redistribution, communal ownership of the means of production, etc. I constantly see politicans declaring we need to tax the rich or need wealth taxes. And they want to use the taxes to pay for nonpublic goods: social security, housing for all, medical for all, etc. That is more socialsim than communism, but now we have interesting events at the state level: NY just effectively seized a business from a man in a civil lawsuit against an individual wherein no harm was declared to befall a party. The implication is that now all private transactions in the state will require a government-approved stamp or face the possibility of being later nullified and seized by the gov. It's the first actual step in gov seizure of production: requiring the gov to allow a private, voluntary transaction with no third party harm before the transaction is solidified. That's akin to gov controlled production to me.