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alewyren · 1 year ago

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oddly annoyed by how people in leftist internet spheres tend to use “capitalism” as a catch all economic boogeyman when like… I dunno how to tell you guys this but not all non-capitalist states are good, actually. Late stage capitalism is shit but let’s not reenact cold war style us vs them propaganda alright. alright

#la #I am of the somewhat controversial opinion that normalizing ‘communism good actually’ is disrespectful #i tend to agree with marx’s own takes but i don’t think you can scrub the last hundred years of genuinely oppressive communist states #and call yourself the true scotsman #the label has baggage and blaming capitalism unto itself is often a bit of a scapegoat #we do however need more socialist economic policies in america. that i am not budging on.#but frankly I think people are too quick to write off the concern expressed by folks like gary kasparov #who have seen firsthand how much harm can be done by giving that much economic power to the government #i think there are ways to circumvent this but youre not gonna find them by going ‘rip to the ussr but we’re different’

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