Aequitas

Ancient form of gaslighting oneself.

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I am a socialist. But I would never want to live in a country like the USSR. Too authoritarian, too undemocratic, too repressive, too little freedom, too nationalistic.

With Lenin and the USSR, a right-wing interpretation of Marxism prevailed, which then spread globally and became even more problematic with Stalin.

Left-wing socialists such as Luxemburg, Pannekoek, Steinberg, and the early Lukacs therefore condemned and criticized the Soviet Union very early on. I identified with them much more.

In fact, there have probably only been three attempts to introduce a humane form of socialism: the Paris Commune, the Prague Spring, and Chile under Allende. All three were brutally destroyed. The Prague Spring by the USSR.

Ah, David Harvey’s Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism is very good for beginners. Alternatively, there are also some good videos. For example, Richard Wolff - The Game is Rigged.

Capitalism is by far the biggest problem facing the planet. It is also the root cause of many other problems, such as war and climate change. But the associated problem that everyone can work on is a lack of class consciousness. Step 1: Educate yourself about the principles of exploitation in capitalism. Step 2: Educate others.

Was he tho? “Extremely unpopular” sounds like a strech.

But there are a lot of monsters out there. The MAGAs consists largely of people who have an explicit interest in destruction and cruelty. They celebrate their leaders for kidnapping people off the streets, sinking fishing boats, starving the poor, depriving people of their rights, supporting dictatorships and anti-democrats, and declaring war on empathy. Oh, but they’re also interested in vintage computers. How nice of them.