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My dad called me one last week. I told him I'm not even a communist, just a moderate social democrat who likes Soviet symbols for the shock value. (Not true, I'm a Marxist-Leninist, but gotta keep the peace with family, IYKYK.) But now I'm wondering, is "Stalinism" even a thing? Are any of you bears "Stalinists"?

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[–] Red_October@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Congratulations, comrade Lenin would be proud.

Quick note though, communist tanks already did a lot of driving through monarchistic power structures. That’s why we have some semblance of society and you and I are not chained to a wall getting executed by CBT or whatever. Capitalism is a disguise for monarchy. Look into the colleges rich North Americans send their replacements to. Fascism is a tool of monarchy. Liberalism is a tool of fascism.

Socialism is a lot like capitalism but with a strong welfare system that still doesn’t always provide for those who absolutely can’t contribute to society and have no one to take care of them. It, unfortunately, causes it to frequently rely on an unemployment base, like capitalism, except that the unemployed have a guaranteed welfare system under socialism. Because they are still treated like people in a society. Or at least they’re supposed to be. It’s not always easy to think about and put into practice right away. It’s frequently very hard. Probably 1/3rd of the world even understands what a communist is right now. All of this has been derived from communal poverty forced on us by a repugnant, blatantly evil parasite class that absolutely will destroy the world soon if they are not stopped. For us tankie communists in 2025, it’s basically just good enough until the worldwide revolution of the proletariat is fully organized.

We also make the best music btw.

[–] AFineWayToDie@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Capitalism is a disguise for monarchy. Fascism is a tool of monarchy. Liberalism is a tool of fascism.

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