Notices by 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 (radical_egocom@mastodon.social), page 14

@Kahte 😺❤️

The system of the right to use fixed assets owned by the state by cooperative farms has thus become an original system aimed at smoothly realizing the transformation from the ownership of socialist cooperative organizations to the ownership by the whole people with state support. 5/5

This is ultimately related to the fact that they did not cultivate farmers as the true masters of the country and society, did not transform the cooperative ownership in rural areas into ownership by the whole people, and did not consider the issues of farmers and rural areas as problems that the working-class party and the state should take responsibility for and solve. 4/5

In the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, as early as the 1970s, the state gave up its guidance and management of cooperative management. In some countries, cooperatives were operated in a capitalist form, with distribution based on the contribution of land. As a result, capitalist operating conditions were established in rural areas, and class differentiation was accelerated. 3/

For example, in Poland, a former socialist country, even the existing agricultural cooperatives were dissolved. By 1975, the farmland of agricultural cooperatives accounted for only 1.6% of the country's total cultivated land (state-owned farmland accounted for 16.6%). Moreover, the output of individual agricultural management reached 80% of the country's total agricultural output. 2/

The parties and governments of the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe did not regard rural issues as problems that the state should take responsibility for and solve. Instead, they treated them as individual problems of the farmers themselves. They not only failed to strengthen the socialist agricultural collective management in terms of ideology, technology, and culture but also took the path of encouraging individual management in rural areas. 1/

DPRK on socialist countryside (read comment below)
#socialism #communism #agriculture

@Radical_EgoCom

And that would be where we differ; I'm from the varieties of capitalism (academic/analytical) viewpoint & so *don't* see all capitalisms as the same... indeed, some are a lot better than others... but certainly I know a lot of people who would share your position, and I can see the way one reaches that, even if I disagree.

@ChrisMayLA6

Capitalism requires capitalists to extract surplus value from workers (i.e., stealing the majority of the wages that workers generate through their labor) and reinvest it back into their businesses, as well as keeping much of it for themselves, which strengthens the capitalist system while simulation widening the class divide and increasing income inequality. All of this inevitably leads to oligarchy, authoritarian capitalism, whatever you want to call it.

Red became the color of the revolution during the 1847 uprisings in Europe, symbolizing the blood of the workers spilled in their fight for freedom. Red was used by the Paris Commune of 1871, whose red flag became a symbol of defiance and solidarity against oppression. For communists, red represents the blood of the workers and peasants who fought to overthrow systems of exploitation. Wearing red is a reminder of the revolutionary spirit that inspires us to fight for liberation today.
#socialism

Why you should wear red.
#socialism #communism

Elon made me think of this:
#elonmusk #elonnazi #fascism

Photo of Fidel Castro just cuz.

#socialism #communism

Right now, education is the most important thing. The main problem with workers is a lack of class consciousness, which stems from a lack of education. How can we organize the working class against capitalism if the workers are not educated on the reasons why they need to organize against capitalism? We all need to prioritize Marxist education above all else for the foreseeable future.

#socialism #communism #capitalism

Excerpts of The Communist Manifesto(2)

"1. Bourgeois and Proletarians"
#socialism #communism #marxism

Towards the bright future of socialism!
#socialism #communism

Have you read this book?

#socialism #communism

Another difference between Mastodon and Rednote:

It's impossible for me to upload half of the videos I want to upload here no matter how good my internet signal is. On REDnote, I can literally upload a 1080p video in a couple of minutes with the exact same internet signal.

#rednote #xiaohongshu #mastodon

China in reverse, a.k.a., China's degradation.
#socialism #communism ##imperialism #feudalism

Money = violence. The new oligarchy is making that plenty clear.

I might have to go full leftist or join my anarchic acquaintances.
But I LIKE markets 😬
They are convenient and distribute resources fairly well. ... Can we just not be jerks and have a functional, socially-oriented market economy? Please? Instead of a bloody class war?

#capitalism