Cowbee

Niger should have the ability to chart its own course. Nationalizing industry previously imperialized by the west is the only way out of the thumb of imperialism and underdevelopment, Niger doesn't need the approval of foreigners in order to exert their own sovereignty.

Figures, lol.

The privatized system already only benefited the Australian elites and compradors in Niger. Nationalization directly keeps the wealth in Niger, and not flowing out to Australia. This is anti-imperialism in action, and you're finger-wagging them for it.

So instead of wanting Niger to have sovereignty over its own industry, you'd trust western imperialists to share the wealth more? This is absurd, the only way to kick out imperialists is through nationalization of imperialized industry.

Fuck yea. Imperialists out!

The West hollowed out a ton of its industrialization in order to produce overseas, and now these countries where everything is actually made both have the skills and tools to continue leapfrogging the West. Simple as that, really.

I didn't say it would.

The problem with having your own definition of a social term is that whenever you use it, others all generally see it as a negative term for a communist. For what it's worth, I don't really see people unable to perform self-crit among Marxists, but I see the word "tankie" thrown nonetheless.

Until we automate it all it will still exist, unfortunately.

Well, there's a big difference between a government run by the working class, and one run by representatives of the capitalist class.

Sure, work will continue as it must, just not in the same form of wage slavery.

"Authoritarianism" isn't really a thing. What ultimately matters is which class in society has control of the state, and that determines how it responds to class conflicts. What determines the strength of state force in those conflicts is the circumstances society is found in, not the whims of random individuals.