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Cake day: December 31st, 2023

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  • He did address individual hierarchy with respect to production, the more you scale it the more you will need to have a unifying will in one person or a committee. Engels even throws in the ship example, where it is dangerous to not have everyone accept the words of the Captain.

    Additionally, he goes on to explain the difference between administrative functions of a worker state and the bourgeois oppressive state, and that Anarchists seek to skip straight past Socialism without building the material conditions for it.



















  • It is my opinion that all violent events must be judged within their context and on a case by case basis. The Cuban government absolutely should have stopped the Bay of Pigs, while Chun Doo-Hwan absolutely should not have butchered his people.

    As for Authoritarian, the word is usually thrown against Socialists without backing up what it means. If I say I am in favor of a Socialist Republic, which extends Democratic control to Production and eliminates the idea of the Wealthy influencing the state, does that make me an Authoritarian? Yes, according to those abusing the word Tankie.

    For your question, leftism is support for Socialism and movements towards it, while rightism is support for Capitalism and movements towards it.


  • What would have been the non-tankie response to the Bay of Pigs?

    Are liberals tankies because of the Kent State massacre? What about the American Civil War?

    The same is obviously true of South Korea for their slaughter of leftists and pro-democracy liberals in Gwang-Ju via the Army.

    Same also goes to Israel for murdering their own hostages and slaughtering Palestinians, and the US for supporting it.

    Your answer is nice in that it's a definitive metric we can track, unlike vibes-based answers I usually see. However, it is extremely broad in scope.