1111
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I mean to be fair... groups that consider themselves far left also exterminate groups

[Citation needed]

The trick is to not go too far

Yeah, you wouldn't want society to become TOO egalitarian and fair! 🙄

You wanna end up at Scandinavian liberal socialism

Speaking as an actual Scandinavian leftie: nope. Not good enough.

Social Democratic Liberalism (which is what it actually is. Socialism is a very different thing) is still capitalist and thus exploitative at its core.

It's better than most, but it's far from the utopian ideal that people from the American Left tend to think it is.

but not overshoot it to let's create a famine for kicks and kill all people wearing glasses

You're thinking along the wrong axis there. There's a HUGE difference between ultra authoritarian leftism like that of the USSR and Pol Pot's Cambodia, and libertarian (original meaning, not bastardized American definition) leftism.

[-] West_of_West@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

If I could point toward actual socialist governments not based on exploitation (rather than Scandinavia) I would. But it really is just a hypothetical idea at this point.

I've never been optimistic enough to believe the libertarian/anarchic theories work on any scale above small communities. Anytime I discuss egalitarian and anarchic societies I can't get beyond the point of humans are intrinsically greedy andviolent which that collapses the system.

this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
1111 points (100.0% liked)

Political Memes

9957 readers
968 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS