The only thing I’m ideologically tied to is liberalism, the idea that people can live freely without causing direct harm to their neighbors

as of now capitalism aligns more with that, as explained before co-op and communes can easily exist capitalist societies. Unfortunately socialist societies tend to be sacrifice most individualism for collectivism which is a no for me
I'm not married to capitalism, but to deny its superiority to socialism in 2026 when everyone and their cats know socialist outcomes is wild to me.

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Uncle Van

Monké Don't Do Taxes
There's only one socialism and that's what the word stands for. All the "mixed" economies rely on capitalism.
Communism is a type of socialism. All communist are socialist but not all socialist are communist. Social democracy or democratic socialism are still types of socialism. Socialist can agree with some aspects of socialism and try to implement those. A socialist can be for either government, worker, or community owned production and disagree with the rest. A socialist can believe in merging in capitalism and either stay that way, or transition to a socialist society. Or a socialist can join the cool club and burn everything to the ground to create a dictatorship.
 
Short answer: Yes.
Give respect to the job of garbage cleaner and you will have the cleanest city in the world.
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Explain why someone should grind through multivariable calculus, diff eqs, linear algebra, EM fields, control theory, thermodynamics, fluids, materials, and signal processing when they could skip all of that and make the same money cleaning trash. What’s the incentive?

Sorry but you’re not convincing any human being with this. Might as well ask the world to abolish military and ban prisons and just hope everyone is nice and holding hands with each other. The world is not gonna spend 4+ years of their lives just to get something they can get in no time or training. This requires your society to be unfair to the ones working harder yet getting the same and requiring everything to be rainbows and sunshines.

And fwiw, I *have* lived in the cleanest city in the world for majority of my life. And we do not follow a bullshit system like this. Lol
 
Unfortunately socialist societies tend to be sacrifice most individualism for collectivism which is a no for me
Do you think we lose our individuality in socialism?


Capitalist = when bad and nothing good comes out of it lmao what a caricature
But good can come from capitalism.... if you own the means of productions...


I'm not married to capitalism, but to deny its superiority to socialism in 2026 when everyone and their cats know socialist outcomes is wild to me.
Elon Musk is almost a Trillionnaire and there were 771,400 homeless people in the US in 2024..
 

Uncle Van

Monké Don't Do Taxes
Do you think we lose our individuality in socialism?



But good can come from capitalism.... if you own the means of productions...



Elon Musk is almost a Trillionnaire and there were 771,400 homeless people in the US in 2024..
How would you bring about socialism without causing a dictatorship?
 
Communism is a type of socialism. All communist are socialist but not all socialist are communist. Social democracy or democratic socialism are still types of socialism. Socialist can agree with some aspects of socialism and try to implement those. A socialist can be for either government, worker, or community owned production and disagree with the rest. A socialist can believe in merging in capitalism and either stay that way, or transition to a socialist society. Or a socialist can join the cool club and burn everything to the ground to create a dictatorship.
Socialism only means one thing, an economic system with social ownership of the means of production. I don't wanna say it anymore :josad:


Communism is just a term for socialism to the very extreme.

A socialist is supposed to mean they support socialism. All the other stuff you named is made up modern clownery.
 

Uncle Van

Monké Don't Do Taxes
Socialism only means one thing, an economic system with social ownership of the means of production. I don't wanna say it anymore :josad:


Communism is just a term for socialism to the very extreme.

A socialist is supposed to mean they support socialism. All the other stuff you named is made up modern clownery.
And there are different variations of socialism, like how there are different forms and interpretations of Marxism. Also different variations of liberalism for exampe. I do believe acknowledging these factual differentiations are quite important. Or you one of those shameful anti-intellectuals? Do you think Mars is real?
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@Logiko Don't give an inch brother, educate these capitalists
I'm not talking much lol.

Explain why someone should grind through multivariable calculus, diff eqs, linear algebra, EM fields, control theory, thermodynamics, fluids, materials, and signal processing when they could skip all of that and make the same money cleaning trash. What’s the incentive?
Everything you just mentioned = For the fun of it and the social recognition.

I think your error is to believe that we will think the same about everything in socialism compared to capitalism. But no, our values won't be the same, the way we will see work too.


Might as well ask the world to abolish military and ban prisons
about that...


just hope everyone is nice and holding hands with each other.
Question: What prevent you from being violent to someone else? Is it the law? Your ethics or rather.. the social stigma that come with it?

We are the product of systems. "Being nice" can be such product.

I have your new king @Logiko

:queenmeme:
How would you bring about socialism without causing a dictatorship?
From the bottom > up.

Through the syndicalization and mutualization of society. The complete and mindfull unionization in business, with constant socialist political reforms and a constant revolutionary push. At the end, we might have to fight a little against the most angry capitalists, but not to the point of a radical revolution like some communism are dreaming of.

I believe in the positive organization of society from the bottom up rather that the big night. I'm not saying a big night is not necessary, but we are absolutely not ready for it just yet. It would be like stopping a wave with thousands of shovels against stopping it with a big and strong dig.

I'm still revolutionary. But I consider that a real and stable revolution is a work of patience rather than a big flash.
 
Everything you just mentioned = For the fun of it and the social recognition.
:gokulaugh::gokulaugh::gokulaugh::gokulaugh:

Fair play. This way, you can cope with the "real socialism was never implemented" till the end of time any time a new socialist regime falls because a child's fantasyland is more likely to be true than this wish. You're not grounded in reality at all.
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Question: What prevent you from being violent to someone else? Is it the law? Your ethics or rather.. the social stigma that come with it?
Damn! Only if the murderers, rapists and terrorists knew what they were doing isn't nice! 😥
 
Is mars fucking real or not???
:donk:


You're not grounded in reality at all.
I wish it was the case... But I sadly am. Having hope for the future instead of believing in the fatality of an oppressive system is not an easy task.

I can't recall how many time I wished I was still a naive 14 yo that didn't know anything about our world. When you see the horrors of capitalism and imperialism, when you know how to fix them, but you don't have any power to do so. It destroys your soul.

Hope does not come on a silver plate.


Damn.. I love these movies so much...
 
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I wish it was the case... But I sadly am. Having hope for the future instead of believing in the fatality of an oppressive system is not an easy task.

I can't recall how many time I wished I was still a naive 14 yo that didn't know anything about our world. When you see the horrors of capitalism and imperialism, when you know how to fix them, but you don't have any power to do so. It destroys your soul.

Hope does not come on a silver plate.



Damn.. I love these movies so much...
You're a good person Logiko. Someone not grounded in reality at all and supportive of an unrealistic system that is never gonna happen but you have good intentions at heart. And I respect that at the very least.
 
You're a good person Logiko. Someone not grounded in reality at all and supportive of an unrealistic system that is never gonna happen but you have good intentions at heart. And I respect that at the very least.
I appreciate the compliment.

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Damn! Only if the murderers, rapists and terrorists knew what they were doing isn't nice! 😥
A social stigma doesn't necessarily means an ethical push (even if I believe it can be done). It mostly means creating the social condition for these behavior not to happen socially by creating social barriers, not only legal ones for these domination to appear.
 

Uncle Van

Monké Don't Do Taxes
From the bottom > up.

Through the syndicalization and mutualization of society. The complete and mindfull unionization in business, with constant socialist political reforms and a constant revolutionary push. At the end, we might have to fight a little against the most angry capitalists, but not to the point of a radical revolution like some communism are dreaming of.

I believe in the positive organization of society from the bottom up rather that the big night. I'm not saying a big night is not necessary, but we are absolutely not ready for it just yet. It would be like stopping a wave with thousands of shovels against stopping it with a big and strong dig.

I'm still revolutionary. But I consider that a real and stable revolution is a work of patience rather than a big flash.
So gradual transition into a socialist society by uniting the people over time? In the US, half the country happily worship Trump and believe all issues are caused by minorities. They support a guy that said that educated people hate him, and that he loves the uneducated because they are easier to convince, which is why is he ran republican. How would you get them to disagree with his rhetoric and deal with division?
 
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