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      [–]MarkimusNational Socialist 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

      Bruh... that is the Bioleninist system. We are talking about the selection system not the liberal/individual perspective.

      [–]MarkimusNational Socialist 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      Read Bertrand De Jouvenal's 'On Power' and google 'high low vs the middle' to find people talking about his book and this concept. It's a general trend that people seeking power use low status people to protect their power or gain power. Mao famously used lumpenproles in his revolution for example.

      I don't follow that reactionary line completely though, how does it explain today the high, middle and lumpens being on one side against the lows and lower-middles? How does it explain fascist revolutions that were mass movements sprung up out of social capital? Sure there was some element of the middle in them but it was low and lower-middle mostly.

      [–]Courbeaux 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

      Cringe boomer tier analysis.

      Socialism appeals to degenerates in the west because in the west, and especially the US, it has been seen as normal and traditional to be pro-capitalism and anti-socialism. So naturally people who want to be transgressive and reject social norms and boundaries are going to tend to embrace socialism as a way to own the traditionalists.

      In Russia and Eastern Europe it is the opposite. Socialism was the established position for decades and the biggest degenerates usually support neoliberal capitalism as an antithesis of the rigid Stalinist regimes. Whereas groups like the Communist Party of the Russian Federation are very socially conservative.

      [–]Bigs 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

      The article explains things well and makes sense. Your interpretation falls flat.