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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@[email protected] This is me: Eco-Anarchists unite.
Here’s mine.
Eco anarchism I think isn’t quite right, I’d actually identify as an anarcho-communist, maybe anarcho-syndicalist. I do love communism and it’s literature but I think history teaches us that central authority is simply too easily abused. I’m still reading and learning though, anyone wanna shill their views to me? Maybe share a book?i prefer de leonism, council communism and other stuff like that because those forms of communism are more libertarian than marxism-leninism or maoism and such.
the althistory story “reds! a revolutionary timeline” would probably give you an idea on what a de leonist government would be like. seriously!
Mine were probably similar to most people’s here. I wasn’t sure about a lot of the more nuts and bolts questions. I tend to call myself a Marxist. I strongly believe that you need a state to fight a state, and that anarchism is skipping some steps. My ideology is yellow parenti lmao
sowwy its wide idk why that happened
more ecological than the last time, because of you know waves hand at the everything
“if al gore read the communist manifesto”
in all seriousness, i think you’re probably an orthodox eco-marxist
the test says the closest tendency to my result on this particular test is eco-marxist, but nope, i’m a marxist-leninist
i read (primarily) marxist-leninist theory, subscribe to a marxist-leninist worldview, and am involved with marxist-leninist organizationsso you’re eco-marxist-leninist?
i see these tests as just a bit of fun, i take them more seriously than “what pokemon are you?” and the like, but not by much
No surprises here, just about where I was last time iirc
so you’re an eco-marxist?
That’s what it placed me as yeah. While I agree that I am a marxist who has a focus on ecology it specifies “orthodox marxist” which I am not
Funny, I wouldn’t consider myself an “Orthodox Marxist,” I’d say that my positions have been influenced more by Lenin, if anything I tend to view Marx as somewhat dated and inaccessible. I just mean to say, a lot has happened since Marx was alive and it’s important to look at what has been tried and what has succeeded and failed rather than rigidly adhering to, well, “Orthodox” Marxism.
so you’re a simple leninist?
I would still call myself a Marxist-Leninist. Lenin was obviously heavily influenced by Marx, and it’s not like I have a particular problem with Marx. And I would say that Lenin is also a little dated, less so than Marx, but no matter who you’re talking about, they existed in specific material conditions and their ideas do not necessarily apply to all times and places - that’s a big part of what Marxism-Leninism is all about, adapting policy to specific material conditions, and not adhering rigidly to theory.
Really, the specific label is not that important. An ideological label is only a rough descriptor of a person’s views, and there can be a lot of differences between people who use the same label, because it is not trivial to figure out how to adapt their ideas to the modern day. Marxism-Leninism gives people the gist, without worrying about the obscure nuances of terms like “Orthodox Marxism” or “Centrist Marxism” that most people won’t be familiar with.
do you have any videos on marxist theory that i can watch without losing focus quickly?
i went with the shorter 10-minute one (with subway surfers), and i think michael parenti has a point: if you look past the authoritarianism of countries such as cuba, china, vietnam, laos or north korea, you’d find that there’s much more to these countries than their government; pyongyang is a pretty interesting city - it had an unfinished hotel that looks pretty cool, some of the apartment buildings reminds me of those eastern kentucky university dorm buildings in richmond, ky, and mount paektu is beautiful. cuba, china, vietnam, laos also have beautiful sceneries.
one thing you have to know that you DON’T see anyone begging for money or runaway people asking for sex because socialism helps solve economic inequalities by giving production to the people. seriously!
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Too many questions for me :) I don’t know much about socialism, but if anything I am a market socialist, social democracy fan and can only support “social ownership of the means of production” in the most narrow sense.
I am a fan of “everybody who can has to work” (i.e. against carrying poor people who could contribute and against people so rich they don’t need to work). I am a fan of supporting those who can’t work. I am a fan of people being able to make an obscene amount of money through their work and dedication. I am not a fan of people making a lot of money through money (though this is sadly necessary in the current capitalistic system) or through inheritance.
The biggest problem I have with establishing this is how such a system is able to compete with other countries and prevent external companies offering more money or buying companies, but through extreme regulation.
are you a left-libertarian?
so you’re less centrist?
Yep.
