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[Texas Tribune] “We are dying”: Houston workers protest new state law removing water break requirements
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vaguely gestures at communist revolution
Americans: But my freedumbs!
Fuck communism. Socialism is fine. You don't need the government owning every single business and paying people out income equalization and food vouchers. Put the power back in the people's hands.
Tell me you don’t know what communism or socialism is without telling me you don’t know what communism or socialism is..
Communism is the power in the people's hands. Classless, stateless society in which the means of production are controlled by the workers and used for the benefit of the many.
That's not communism. Communism is when the state owns the means of production. Socialism is when the workers own the means of production.
Socialism does broadly encompass "social ownership" but there are many interpretations of that idea. Communism is under the umbrella of Socialism. If you've got a problem with Vanguardism that's understandable, but saying "communism is when the state owns the means of production" betrays a pretty deep ignorance of the political philosophy.
Isn't that what the literal goal of communism is? Under capitalism, it's in the bourgeoisie's hands.
A socialist state would be great though! :)
I don't think communism is the solution, but I'm upvoting because I miss the vaguely gestures meme