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What about using force?
~~In Minecraft~~
then you deserve someone like trump.
Why?
You want a leader that dominates the country using force. Well congrats you got that leader its Trump. You dont get to pick between democracy and authoritarianism when it suits you.
What about achieving socialism without using force?
You wont be able to strip away peoples right to own private capital without force? Even if we pretend that the government was able to somehow democratize majority of the economies captial there would still be the issue that we see in all socialist/communist countries where government workers are a tier above everyone else and abuse that power both directly and indirectly.
If you cant own anything yourself then you are forced to rely on the government for everything and hope that they are benevolent. If America magically became socialist today, trump would be the leader, do you trust him with absolute control over the entire nation?
What do you think of Marxism-Leninism?
It has some ok critiques of capitalism and some ok framing for class interactions but I think its a terrible ideology full of holes and logical inconsistencies. I hate the idea of a vanguard party, I hate the idea of removing private ownership. I think Marxist-Leninists are in the same bucket as nazi's or any kind supremacist.
You do realize this is a federated site, right? There are Marxist-Leninists here. Here's a challenge: I want you to repeat what you just said in !socialism@lemmy.ml. The replies are gonna be full of ML people rightfully correcting you with legitimate criticism
Yes I know its federated, I dont control which instances .world federates with nor am I afraid of seeing opinions i disagree with. .ML people wouldnt correct me on their instance I'd just get banned. You can go through the mod logs yourself if you want to see how the handle any discussion that isnt bootlicking.
Are you more of a libertarian socialist?
Leftwing progressive liberal. oh an strongly captialist.
So you're a bourgeois liberal?
no. In a few years I will be once I can get my first house.