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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 06-Jan-2025 20:14:57 JST Aral Balkan

   Activism that avoids criticism of capitalism isn’t activism, it’s public relations.

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     contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (contrapunctus@en.osm.town)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 01:39:08 JST contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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     @aral This reminds me that there's actually an awful lot of criticism of capitalism. But hardly any discussions or pushes for _replacements_ to capitalism.

     I see only one possible alternative - anarcho-communism - but I also know I'm in the minority. And that's why I think the discussion of replacements is avoided - it seems there is no consensus on alternatives.

     So criticism of capitalism is everywhere, and calls for replacements are nowhere to be found.

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     ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭ (radical_egocom@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 01:39:11 JST ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭

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     @contrapunctus @aral @hackersquirrel

     I used to view Anarcho-Communism as a viable alternative to capitalism, but I've long since abandoned it. A post-capitalist society will need a state to repress counter-revolutionaries and prevent the restoration of capitalism. After reading "On Authority" by Friedrich Engels, along with other books such as Lenin's "State and Revolution," I became convinced that a Marxist-Leninist socialist state is the most viable alternative to capitalism.