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You’d rather have Capitalism, warts and all, than Socialism.
No. I would rather have liberal democracy than regress to feudalism with a different coat of paint. Actionism is a trap, the system is begging you to oppose it in certain ways because doing so will only reinforce it. If you want to sit on the long end of the leaver, you might need to walk some distance.
their jobs are extremely dirty and toxic, risk their health and safety, and most do so because they need to make a living
Then get them safety equipment and robots.
You want things to be de-commodified, don’t you? “A stateless, classless, moneyless society”. You say currently sewerage workers are compelled by money, I take that to mean that you think they only do it because they need money because otherwise they’d starve.
But they would be supplied for in communism whether they do that job or not. So why would they still choose to do the work? For the greater good, of course. This isn’t something that’s unique to Anarchism. You’re trying to saw off a branch that you yourself are sitting on.
Moreover, this “prefiguration” phase would be be better accomplished in a Socialist state, would it not?
In a soviet-style state: Definitely not. You need freedom of association to be able to get people used to the necessary modes of organisation. The USSR did not tolerate such things, China does not tolerate such things. The reason is simple: They do understand that it is in direct contradiction to the centralisation of power, and thereby the privileges of the party. To do prefiguration, you have to eat humble pie.
Please explain how a democratic, publicly owned economy is “feudalism.”
Furthermore, please, try to actually understand Marxism and not just make up whatever you want about it. Labor vouchers and credits aren’t money, money is made to be exchanged amond individuals. Labour vouchers being used to buy goods and services from the social fund isn’t money, because they are destroyed upon use. No “greater good” sacrifices necessary for you to live on the backs of those with the short end of the stick!
As for prefiguration, it doesn’t seem to be possible in a Capitalist state so far either, so again you just approve of Imperialism and Capitalism so long as it’s your state that sits on top of the Global South.
Truly, you have no clue what Marxists actually advocate and you don’t understand Marxist states either, why are you bothering to reply? What’s your goal here?
Please explain how a democratic, publicly owned economy is “feudalism.”
Democratic is not what the USSR was, and that style of thing is the only thing Marxists ever achieved. There’s also a difference between public ownership and state control, doubly so in non-democracies. Also you’re leaving out a model not really seen anywhere outside of liberal democracies and that’s foundations, that is, self-owning companies. Zeiss is a good example. Their purpose, according to statute, pretty much say “We do optics and funnel some money to the University of Jena”, no shareholder interest at all.
As for prefiguration, it doesn’t seem to be possible in a Capitalist state so far either, so again you just approve of Imperialism and Capitalism so long as it’s your state that sits on top of the Global South.
Dude Latinos are the most vocal and active in the prefigurative space. There’s a reason we use a Portuguese term, “especifismo”, for a basic organisational principle. It’s the failure to think outside of the vanguardist box that makes Marxists not achieve anything but regression: Don’t dilute yourself to be better and more enlightened. You are not, you’re also a mere human. Anarchists understand we need to eat humble pie when talking to people, that we do not have all the answers, that all we have is a good compass and a toolbox that can help people to walk into that direction, on their own terms, at their own pace, organically, without coercion, which is crucial because the end goal does not contain any coercion.
Labour vouchers being used to buy goods and services from the social fund isn’t money, because they are destroyed upon use.
How do you eat if you don’t have a labour voucher? How is that “to everyone according to need”? It’s the same “bow to the bosses or starve” tyranny as capitalism without welfare state.
No. I would rather have liberal democracy than regress to feudalism with a different coat of paint. Actionism is a trap, the system is begging you to oppose it in certain ways because doing so will only reinforce it. If you want to sit on the long end of the leaver, you might need to walk some distance.
Then get them safety equipment and robots.
You want things to be de-commodified, don’t you? “A stateless, classless, moneyless society”. You say currently sewerage workers are compelled by money, I take that to mean that you think they only do it because they need money because otherwise they’d starve.
But they would be supplied for in communism whether they do that job or not. So why would they still choose to do the work? For the greater good, of course. This isn’t something that’s unique to Anarchism. You’re trying to saw off a branch that you yourself are sitting on.
In a soviet-style state: Definitely not. You need freedom of association to be able to get people used to the necessary modes of organisation. The USSR did not tolerate such things, China does not tolerate such things. The reason is simple: They do understand that it is in direct contradiction to the centralisation of power, and thereby the privileges of the party. To do prefiguration, you have to eat humble pie.
Please explain how a democratic, publicly owned economy is “feudalism.”
Furthermore, please, try to actually understand Marxism and not just make up whatever you want about it. Labor vouchers and credits aren’t money, money is made to be exchanged amond individuals. Labour vouchers being used to buy goods and services from the social fund isn’t money, because they are destroyed upon use. No “greater good” sacrifices necessary for you to live on the backs of those with the short end of the stick!
As for prefiguration, it doesn’t seem to be possible in a Capitalist state so far either, so again you just approve of Imperialism and Capitalism so long as it’s your state that sits on top of the Global South.
Truly, you have no clue what Marxists actually advocate and you don’t understand Marxist states either, why are you bothering to reply? What’s your goal here?
Democratic is not what the USSR was, and that style of thing is the only thing Marxists ever achieved. There’s also a difference between public ownership and state control, doubly so in non-democracies. Also you’re leaving out a model not really seen anywhere outside of liberal democracies and that’s foundations, that is, self-owning companies. Zeiss is a good example. Their purpose, according to statute, pretty much say “We do optics and funnel some money to the University of Jena”, no shareholder interest at all.
Dude Latinos are the most vocal and active in the prefigurative space. There’s a reason we use a Portuguese term, “especifismo”, for a basic organisational principle. It’s the failure to think outside of the vanguardist box that makes Marxists not achieve anything but regression: Don’t dilute yourself to be better and more enlightened. You are not, you’re also a mere human. Anarchists understand we need to eat humble pie when talking to people, that we do not have all the answers, that all we have is a good compass and a toolbox that can help people to walk into that direction, on their own terms, at their own pace, organically, without coercion, which is crucial because the end goal does not contain any coercion.
How do you eat if you don’t have a labour voucher? How is that “to everyone according to need”? It’s the same “bow to the bosses or starve” tyranny as capitalism without welfare state.