[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 year ago

Weirdly naive question when you have actual, existing socialism around the world to look at and learn from. Just saying.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 1 year ago

The first right listed in the European Convention on Human Rights is property. There is no corresponding right to food and shelter.

What human rights ought to be is a contestable thing: under capitalism we've put property (literally) at the top of the list. Much of our society is organised around this principle. What if we gave people the right to democracy in organisations that affect their lives? Their workplaces, schools, local hospitals, universities, even shops? The right to habitable shelter, food, and free healthcare? The right to meet their needs through the formation of associations like cooperatives?

Human rights have a dual purpose, insofar as they both express and enforce a social ideal. They're both cause and effect of hegemony, and they'll carry hegemonic values within them.

Plus my guess is that most of the people complaining about this are happy to lob big words around on the internet but have never once actually campaigned for the rights of anyone whose rights have been violated.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Consistently between 18C and 25C during the day, very little wind chill, moderate humidity. Some signs of drought elsewhere in the country but the river near me seems fine, probably thanks to a nature reserve.

This hasn't stopped everyone panic buying portable air conditioners and complaining about the heat.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Woah. Iceland? Svalbard?

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

TIL, this is awesome! Thanks.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Handily devops/sysadmin communist reporting in if you want a hand :D

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I'm curious about how places like Cuba do their economic planning and how it is executed on the ground. Does anyone kno of any materials that describe it in detail? English preferably..!

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Almost like perpetuating a system of privilege and patronage based on social position doesn't lead to the best outcomes. Crazy, I know.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago

"This is not how NATO member states behave"

Not enough torture I guess

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Their "you use technology" thing is weird too. We're not Amish. We just want to end the domination of the world by capital, not get rid of all capital goods.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that people can be so reflexively and unthinkingly wrong.

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Just a long read about NATO. I didn't realise quite how grim it was until I read this. tl;Dr, vassalage with no easy exit path.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Same applies to the UK. It'd make a good dozen states, none of which could plausibly project themselves in the same way that the UK does today. Critical support for secessionists is a good move.

[-] hkto@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

All three of those require fuel. I don't think anybody could plausibly hope to win a war or revolution without it. So, maybe start with helping to unionise oil refineries and distribution networks? Or, hypothetically, let's say they ought to not be available to the state. Ahem.

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