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[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 28 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

From the communist manifesto:

You are horrified at our intending to do away with private property. But in your existing society, private property is already done away with for nine-tenths of the population; its existence for the few is solely due to its non-existence in the hands of those nine-tenths. You reproach us, therefore, with intending to do away with a form of property, the necessary condition for whose existence is the non-existence of any property for the immense majority of society.

In one word, you reproach us with intending to do away with your property. Precisely so; that is just what we intend.

From the moment when labour can no longer be converted into capital, money, or rent, into a social power capable of being monopolised, i.e., from the moment when individual property can no longer be transformed into bourgeois property, into capital, from that moment, you say, individuality vanishes.

You must, therefore, confess that by “individual” you mean no other person than the bourgeois, than the middle-class owner of property. This person must, indeed, be swept out of the way, and made impossible.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago

I gotta say, the English translator for that edition of the party manifesto keeps saying "In one word," instead of "In a sentence,"

Although perhaps, given how compound words work in German, I wouldn't be surprised if those sentences were just one word in the original copy.

[–] Viskio_Neta_Kafo@lemm.ee -4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This Pete Buttigieg in a nut shell. Let's hope people like AOC are the future instead of him.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

AOC was never anything but a “progressive” liberal, and she completely sold out not long after getting into office. Have we already forgotten that she voted to crush a worker strike and voted against raising minimum wage? She’s a scab and a career politician working for the wealthy donor class.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 2 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Until such a time as a socialist revolution seems plausible, I still prefer to see progressive liberals in power over conservatives.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 9 points 18 hours ago

Sure, but we must also remember not to pretend progressive liberals are enough, and make sure to engage in politics beyond the election cycle if we want any real power.

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

plausible?

u.s. is in near-freefall.

Every day we are settung precident for what we will and will not tolerate. Not pulling the lever on socialist revolution keeps us on track for tyranical feudalism.

We can make it plausible or sleep in the graves corprate is ordering us to dig for ourselves.

Pardon the passions, folks who have already worked out their character sheet and place in the effort.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I am always trying to shift people left. But there just aren't enough of us yet.

[–] nanoswarm9k@lemmus.org 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

thanks for your efforts!

more of us than one might think. and we don't always need all diehard lefties to fight for Wages Hours and Conditions.

It's good to turn up the signal as more people of all stripes become Unsure as instability and chaos build in our systems.

Anyway -- something important to keep in mind is that a hard left turns are fought with gardens and tools and 'barn'(etc) raisings even more than demonstrations or violence.

Labor movement, black panthers, and zapatistas are worth a quick study for grassroots practices.

admittedly, what the oligarchy and police state don't want folks to learn about is Direct Action.

[–] Devanismyname@lemmy.ca 0 points 20 hours ago

This so much. I'll take anyone over a con