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minus-squaresymthetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down12·2 months agoOf course they haven’t, and while I’m happy to be proved wrong, I’m sure they’re all enjoying the benefits of living in a democratic country while cosplaying communists.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·2 months agoDo you think your bourgeois democracy is actually democratic? If you are for democracy you’d be a socialist.
minus-squarebuddascrayon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoPhilosophical question: Can socialism and capitalism coexist? Purely hypothetical.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoNo, capitalism vs socialism is; who owns the means of production, the capitalist class or the working class?
minus-squaresymthetics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·2 months agoI haven’t stated my position. Yes, I think our democratic processes could be better in many countries. I also understand the reality that there is no simple 'one system" solution that is just going to miraculously fix everything.
minus-squareOurToothbrush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months ago Yes, I think our democratic processes could be better in many countries. No, we do not have democracy. We have bourgeois democracy that cannot be reformed into democracy. What is bourgeois democracy?: https://www.leftvoice.org/bourgeois-democracy-what-do-marxists-mean-by-that-term/ If you are skeptical of the inability to reform bourgeois democracy I would do some reading on Allende and Chile.
Of course they haven’t, and while I’m happy to be proved wrong, I’m sure they’re all enjoying the benefits of living in a democratic country while cosplaying communists.
Do you think your bourgeois democracy is actually democratic? If you are for democracy you’d be a socialist.
Philosophical question: Can socialism and capitalism coexist?
Purely hypothetical.
No, capitalism vs socialism is; who owns the means of production, the capitalist class or the working class?
I haven’t stated my position. Yes, I think our democratic processes could be better in many countries.
I also understand the reality that there is no simple 'one system" solution that is just going to miraculously fix everything.
No, we do not have democracy. We have bourgeois democracy that cannot be reformed into democracy.
What is bourgeois democracy?: https://www.leftvoice.org/bourgeois-democracy-what-do-marxists-mean-by-that-term/
If you are skeptical of the inability to reform bourgeois democracy I would do some reading on Allende and Chile.