• PugJesus@kbin.socialOP
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    1 year ago

    We could have a long conversation about this, but I think the easiest way would simply be to say that:

    1. Marxism is not the only form of socialism

    2. Command economy is very, VERY specific to the style of Marxism-Leninism that was exported by the Soviet Union. You might find interest in anarcho-syndicalism, mutualism, and market socialism. Not because I think you’ll necessarily agree with them, but because they posit very different ideas about how a socialist economy should work.

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      1 year ago

      Don’t assume I didn’t know about those ideas. And don’t assume either that I’d like them. I mentioned Marxism as Marx is considered to be the “father of scientific socialism”

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        1 year ago

        I didn’t say that you’d like them, I only brought them up because you included a specific criticism of command economies when asked for your issue with socialism.

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          1 year ago

          Dude any “ism” that begins with “anarcho-” is just waiting for a smart person to become a dictator.

          If you don’t realize that, it’s just proof you’re not the smart person who would take over, not that it wouldn’t happen