• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    You’re far out of your depth if you are linking the Wiki article on “Socialism” to a Marxist that is recommending a synopsis on Lenin to you.

    If you want something a bit easier to get into than Lenin, I really like the article What is Socialism? It’s a quick, 30 minute read. The gist of the article is that Socialism is about what is dominant within a system, in Socialism central planning, public ownership, and the proletariat at large are dominant, while in Capitalism the bourgeoisie, private ownership, and markets are dominant.

    In the PRC, the public sector makes up half of the economy and is growing, and Capital is trapped in a bidcage model while markets coalesce into monopolist syndicates, making themselves ripe for public ownership and central planning. The PRC is therefore Socialist.

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      You’re far out of your depth if you are linking the Wiki article on “Socialism” to a Marxist that is recommending a synopsis on Lenin to you.

      Read the link, socialism date way before Lenin and it’s not a political party.

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        Read the link, everyone knows that. You don’t have a grand trump card in the wiki link. We are specifically referring to Marxist Socialism, not the nebulous historical usage of the term, because we are on a Marxist community.

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          We are specifically referring to Marxist Socialism, not the nebulous historical usage of the term, because we are on a Marxist community.

          That’s a good clarification. I didn’t know this is a marxist community it’s not specified anywhere

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            The hammer and sickle if nothing else should give it away. You can talk about other forms of Socialism if you want.