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[–]Canbot 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

People need to start asking why it is that the most powerful people in the world are pushing for socialism, and by extension communism. It's Google, Facebook, Hollywood, TV networks, Billionaires, and top level politicians.

The promises made sound really great, but they aren't real. No one dumb enough to believe them can even explain the details of how a socialist system is supposed to work. All they every think about are the promises made. But the devil is in the details. The oligarchs that are promising the infinite bounty of socialist benefits to the idiot masses claim that the only thing that needs to be done is to give them all the power and they will usher in a new paradigm where the losers of the world will be as rich as the winners. And when they get that power and decide not to give everything away all the idiots will be stuck on *pikachu face.

[–]sproketboy[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

They're not pushing for any of these things per se. They are really pushing for more authoritarianism so they can keep control. Socialism is by design - authoritarian. Why do corporations support the White Fragility book and have segregated training sessions? Union busting.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

^

Except it's communism that "is by design - authoritarian."

All Big Gov is authoritarian, both sides of the capitalist/communist coin.

Democratic worker coops can be socialist and not authoritarian.

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

I know you were Mal-educated in our current university systems and all you have student loan debt. I am really sorry for that. https://saidit.net/s/Education/comments/5yj0/everyone_should_go_to_university/

Communism is the utopia supposedly brought about by Socialism. https://www.history.com/news/socialism-communism-differences

All Big Gov is authoritarian

True. Read the Road To Serfdom https://all-med.net/pdf/the-road-to-serfdom/

Democratic worker coops can be socialist and not authoritarian.

This has never been demonstrated in real life. Please find an example or better yet, start your own coop. No one's stopping you.