State ownership is not the same as collective ownership
It's a centralization that can diverge from Marx’s vision if workers don’t actually control production
The difference is that he understood what he was talking about
The difference is that he understood what he was talking about
Because I have a brain, and I read, and I read everyday
They're looking around for suckers and they found
Ooooh, here's a bunch of accommodating people
Lets put a proposition to them
Because I have a brain, and I read, and I read everyday
They're looking around for suckers and they found
Ooooh, here's a bunch of accommodating people
Lets put a proposition to them
For Marx, socialism meant:
Collective ownership of the means of production
Direct worker democratic control
Abolition of class hierarchy
For Marx, socialism meant:
Collective ownership of the means of production
Direct worker democratic control
Abolition of class hierarchy
Trump likes to act like a self made businessman, but he's just a conman who was born rich and powerful
He's used that wealth and power to screw everyone over
He's a pig
Trump likes to act like a self made businessman, but he's just a conman who was born rich and powerful
He's used that wealth and power to screw everyone over
He's a pig
Innovation is when you try to out compete other producers on cost or quality so people buy your product
Pretty basic stuff
Don't need capitalists to have markets, or innovation
Innovation is when you try to out compete other producers on cost or quality so people buy your product
Pretty basic stuff
Don't need capitalists to have markets, or innovation
Nobody actually read Karl Marx
Lots of right-wing nutjobs will tell you all about "Socialism doesn't work. Oh let me guess, that wasn't real Socialism. Lmfao 😂."
"There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows"
Nobody actually read Karl Marx
Lots of right-wing nutjobs will tell you all about "Socialism doesn't work. Oh let me guess, that wasn't real Socialism. Lmfao 😂."
"There are only two possible explanations: either no one told me, or no one knows"
State ownership is not the same as collective ownership
It's a centralization that can diverge from Marx’s vision if workers don’t actually control production
State ownership is not the same as collective ownership
It's a centralization that can diverge from Marx’s vision if workers don’t actually control production
Naval supremacy, ruthlessly defended & well-funded, was key, but paired with unmatched finance, institutions, and timing
Victory came from sea control + sustainable war funding, not just ships
Empire ended as rivals industrialized
Naval supremacy, ruthlessly defended & well-funded, was key, but paired with unmatched finance, institutions, and timing
Victory came from sea control + sustainable war funding, not just ships
Empire ended as rivals industrialized
I want a system where hard work and innovation are the highest ideal
I only want the redistribution of the "Means of Production" to society as a whole
I want to live in a society where wealth is already distributed fairly
Democratic Social Market
I want a system where hard work and innovation are the highest ideal
I only want the redistribution of the "Means of Production" to society as a whole
I want to live in a society where wealth is already distributed fairly
Democratic Social Market
History progresses through modes of production (tribal → slave → feudal → capitalist → socialist → communist)
Each mode creates classes with opposing interests
History progresses through modes of production (tribal → slave → feudal → capitalist → socialist → communist)
Each mode creates classes with opposing interests
That’s more unsettling than a conspiracy:
No secret meeting to expose
No mastermind to overthrow
Just a system that works as designed
That’s more unsettling than a conspiracy:
No secret meeting to expose
No mastermind to overthrow
Just a system that works as designed
It isn’t likely to “price itself out” of global manufacturing
China is moving up the value chain
Rising wages may reduce its competitiveness for cheap goods
Likely remaining competitive in mid-to-high-end manufacturing for decades
It isn’t likely to “price itself out” of global manufacturing
China is moving up the value chain
Rising wages may reduce its competitiveness for cheap goods
Likely remaining competitive in mid-to-high-end manufacturing for decades
Marx thought revolution would start in wealthier countries, because people would see the wealth disparity
Turns out capitalism pacifies people with comfort and entertainment, instead of class consciousness
Destitute people have nothing to lose
Marx thought revolution would start in wealthier countries, because people would see the wealth disparity
Turns out capitalism pacifies people with comfort and entertainment, instead of class consciousness
Destitute people have nothing to lose
The supposed working class champions are actually capitalist collaborators, who see themselves as now being "in the club" as political elites, who have some cushie job lined up with a bank and have gotten "comfortable"
They tell everyone else, "stiff sh!t, deal with it"
The supposed working class champions are actually capitalist collaborators, who see themselves as now being "in the club" as political elites, who have some cushie job lined up with a bank and have gotten "comfortable"
They tell everyone else, "stiff sh!t, deal with it"
Childhood “work” often functions as ideological training, not skill-building
Capitalism depends on early normalization of unpaid or underpaid labour
Those who defend this are collaborationists, not neutral participants
Childhood “work” often functions as ideological training, not skill-building
Capitalism depends on early normalization of unpaid or underpaid labour
Those who defend this are collaborationists, not neutral participants
So, you want me to work for free during my childhood, so that I can learn how to work for the capitalists, so they can exploit me for profit
Yeah, well that sounds like a really good deal, but I think I've got a better one
How about I give you the finger
Collaborationists
So, you want me to work for free during my childhood, so that I can learn how to work for the capitalists, so they can exploit me for profit
Yeah, well that sounds like a really good deal, but I think I've got a better one
How about I give you the finger
Collaborationists
It's like telling some Dark Age mfer about reality
They aren't interested, they don't have the capacity to understand
They just shovel sh!t everyday and love "Me lord"
It's like telling some Dark Age mfer about reality
They aren't interested, they don't have the capacity to understand
They just shovel sh!t everyday and love "Me lord"
Yeah, well that sounds like a really good deal, but I think I've got a better one
How about I give you the finger
Yeah, well that sounds like a really good deal, but I think I've got a better one
How about I give you the finger