Cowbee

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Absolutely, Marxism has teeth to it because it works in real life.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (4 children)

No, it isn't. What are you talking about?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (18 children)

To be fair, you haven't heard of it because it isn't particularly relevant. Marxism already develops beyond where Georgism stops, so anyone who is disgruntled with capitalism already has a much more influential, developed, and accurate framework to go with.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

The reason Georgism fell out of favor on the left is because Marxism already develops beyond where Georgism falls flat. It's certainly broadly appealing, in that liberals can get behind it rather quickly, but it falls short of Marxist economics in completeness, to the point that it doesn't really bother resolving the fundamental problems with capitalist exploitation, centralization, crisis, or production and overproduction, it just focuses on rent.

It's also very difficult to get through, it's a reformist approach that depends on asking those that have full control of the economy to make it less exploitative. That doesn't happen without revolution, at which point you can go far beyond and address core, systemic issues.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hanging out with my partner, working out, reading (Marxist-Leninist theory as well as general fiction like sci-fi), gaming, making espresso, and running TTRPGs.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Sure, but you can also join an org, and make a difference that way at a larger scale.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Depends on the system, but think of how public services are run, that's an example.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Understanding the world is the first step to fixing it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Gets even more stark right after the Soviet Union dissolved.

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