not voting for trump but low key hope biden doesnt win so the material conditions of a failing America will be on full display

  • spectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Yeah gulags and mass executions are one thing when you're a poor-ass undeveloped country trying to get out from under capitalism, but if such revolutionary activity were to happen in a developed country, there will certainly be some violence, but hopefully the massive prison system that exists in most of them could be retooled to serve the same purpose in a more humane manner than just shooting them and leaving them to rot (though there are some that deserve that fate for sure).

    • CatherineTheSoSo [any]
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      4 years ago

      Supposedly gulag system at good times(i.e. not during WWII) had a better record than US prison system.

      • spectre [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Yeah I've seen some things to that effect. I was more addressing the "__ goes to the gulag" or "__ gets the wall" as a meme rather than the actual implementation (which varied).

        It's a fine line between upholding the socialist principles of treating people humanely, and doing what is necessary to ensure the success of a revolutionary movement (which regretfully may entail some amount of violence).

        I guess its privileged of me to consider it regretful, I'm sure some comrades who have had systemic abuse directed at them will feel differently, but that's not exactly my battle to fight.