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[โ€“] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Marx believed Socialism to come after Capitalism because Capitalism turns itself into a status ripe for socialism as markets coalesce into few monopolist syndicates, ripe for central planning.

I'm sure I'm way out of my depth here, and it's been over a decade since I studied this stuff in school... But this seems incredibly naive? As we're seeing now, that environment is far more ripe for fascism, or some type of neo-feudalism.

[โ€“] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I'm dramatically simplifying things for the sake of a Lemmy comment.

First, fascism is just Capitalism in decline, it isn't meaningfully separate from Capitalism itself.

Secondly, when I say that Marx believed Socialism to come after Capitalism because of Capitalism's mechanisms working towards monopolist syndicates ripe for planning, that doesn't mean Marx wasn't also revolutionary. Such central planning and socialism can't take place without revolution, because the proletariat needs to gain supremacy over Capital, which is impossible electorally.

Does that clear it up?