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What's the most left-winged thing someone can say? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by PatrickStar@sh.itjust.works to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca

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Was talking about this with someone today. People, especially the right-winged, will associate the so-called far left wing with Communism/Marxism. But I find it weird that any scale would just happen to have that as the far end of the spectrum. If you were to go down the scale to the very, very end, what political statement/remark would be the closest thing to the very tip of the spectrum? Something like "the robots should take over" or something?

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[–] faxed@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

I am confused by the question.

The Left is defined by an understanding that

the interests of capital and workers are opposed
this an irreconcilable difference
The working class can and should organize itself to eliminate the capital class, instituting ~~democrat~~ democratic control

The whos, hows, whens, wheres and whatsafters are the details that divide the Left.

The left has been substantially defined by Marxist and other communist ideas. The only other other broad tradition are anarchists. And most left anarchists are influenced by communism if not communist also themselves.

"the robots should take over"

Which one do you mean?

robots should take over repetitive, boring, dangerous labor that nobody wants to do so everyone's time can be freed up for work and other activities we prefer to do = luxury space communism
robots should take over control or decision making power = right wing technocrat

[–] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 weeks ago

robots should take over repetitive, boring, dangerous labor that nobody wants to do so everyone's time can be freed up for work and other activities we prefer to do = luxury space communism

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