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[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's a funny hodgepodge of ideology here... "Guillotine oligarchs" sounds pretty cool, invokes the French Revolution, which was radical left, at the time. But then the unwillingness to abolish private property is either an erroneous conflation of "private" and "personal" or an unwillingness to actually change the system that produces the oligarchs.

It's like bailing out the boat but when someone says "patch the hole" your like "but we need the hole!"

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it’s more like I know we are not ready to have the patch the hole conversation.

I rather bail out the boat and during that time, when people slowly realize that these solutions work and have merit, and when people stop being scared of the word socialism, then it would be pragmatic to talk about patching the hole.

Before that, talking about patching the hole might actually be counter productive as most people don’t have critical thinking and would be turned off by “radical” solutions.

The biggest issue with implementing socialism today imo is people not realizing the solutions can be beneficial. I rather focus on socialists solutions that are “low hanging fruit” so people warm up to the idea.

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes you have to consider who you're talking to but I think a lot of us are ready to talk about patching the hole.

As a radical leftist I'm certainly not against bailing the boat, I just acknowledge that this is a temporary solution. Like, minimum wage needs to be high enough that people can work a reasonable number of hours, afford rent, and still have time to read Marx.

The minimum wage hike is still important, it's just not the end game. If you're saying you're not interested in patching the hole, that sounds like a problem. If you're saying "this hole won't be patched for a while, but some day we'll get there. In the meantime, bail like hell." then, we are comrades.