where do you stand on the socialist spectrum? i’ll start: my socialist views are a fusion of market socialism, welfarism, georgism and left-libertarianism - i took the leftvalues quiz (as shown in the photo attached in this post), and i got “centrist marxism”. you DON’T have to take the quiz though.
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I’d argue history proves the necessity of socialist countries to adopt a state and a centrally planned economy to protect against outside terrorism. The USSR was invaded by over a dozen capitalist countries right as it was being formed, that shaped their defenses and structures going forward. If you or anyone else wants to get started on reading Marxist-Leninist theory, I made an introductory reading list.