whydoesitmatter

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   by whydoesitmatter 11y ago

   Look at the Paris Commune/Revolutionary Spain, the Ukraine Free Territory, the Zapatistas in Mexico, etc. There's lots of examples of socialism working on large enough scales to be relevant but so-called "socialist" Leni
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   by whydoesitmatter 11y ago

   Socialism is worker's control of the means of production. I don't see democratic councils of workers making these decisions. This is Leninist style "socialism" from above, ie., state capitalism and democratic centralism
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   by whydoesitmatter 12y ago

   Did you even read the article? I don't think you read it. An ad-based web isn't a transaction-less web, the transactions are hidden in the form of ads and the ads are hidden behind numerous layers of behavior that threaten the int
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   by whydoesitmatter 13y ago

   I question whether you even read, or worse, understood what Hedges was getting at with this piece. Hedges is essentially saying we should become Marxist, but here you are saying that maybe we can redeem ourselves and survive on the 'kn