compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netimagemessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down143
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1imageBut "socialism" is a scary wordslrpnk.netcompostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square299fedilink
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 months ago which when combined with democratic structures leads to no abilities for individual actors to take advantage of the system itself. You know people keep saying that, and each time, surprise, there’s a despot at the end. Sorry man, we’re just on different pages here.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoGuess we are, considering I don’t think “each time there’s another despot.”
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoNot to imply that China or any other AES is a utopia—none of us mean to—but I think your understanding of these states is more heavily tinted by the relentless deluge of imperial core propaganda than you realize.
You know people keep saying that, and each time, surprise, there’s a despot at the end. Sorry man, we’re just on different pages here.
Guess we are, considering I don’t think “each time there’s another despot.”
Not to imply that China or any other AES is a utopia—none of us mean to—but I think your understanding of these states is more heavily tinted by the relentless deluge of imperial core propaganda than you realize.