Notices by ☭ 𝗖 𝗔 𝗧 ☭ (radical_egocom@mastodon.social), page 2

@killercat103

Or I'll just block your ass.

"Trotskyism: Counter-revolution in Disguise, Chapters 6: The Soviet Union" (1935) by M. J. Olgin. Audiobook.
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism

https://youtu.be/kC78fAEUOI4

Attention Democratic Socialists, Social Democrats, and all other reformist socialists:

Capitalists will not give up their power voluntarily. Capitalism will not be abolished peacefully. The working class must remove capitalists from power and abolished capitalism by force.

#socialism #communism #capitalism #democraticsocialism #socialdemocracy #reformism #anarchism

Just because Jews were the victims in the past doesn't mean they can't also be perpetrators.
Israel is not the victim. They are the perpetrators.
#israel #palestine #jews #palestinians #israelis

"Democratic Party leaders want the benefits of an engaged activist base like the one currently challenging Donald Trump without actually having to listen to or engage with it."

The Democratic Party is not on the side of you, the working class. Join and support third parties (the Greens, the PSL).
#democrats #democraticparty #socialism #capitalism #communism

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/democratic-party-trump-resistance-leadership/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

@MikeDunnAuthor

Apparently, the inability to understand the cause-and-effect of complex geopolitical issues persists to this day. "Just blame the Bolsheviks and not the national and international bourgeois" is the calling cry of the anti-authoritarians.

@JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

The withering away of the state follows the successful establishment of socialism, as the state, an instrument of class domination, becomes unnecessary. Initially, during the dictatorship of the proletariat, the state is crucial for suppressing the bourgeoisie and defending the revolution. As class distinctions diminish and a classless society develops, the state will gradually lose its governance role, ultimately leading to its dissolution. #socialism #communism

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

It's very reasonable for socialist states to punish people (regardless of whether they previously helped the revolution or not) for (either intentionally or unknowingly) initiating counter-revolutionary opposition, whether it be the anarchists seeking to abolish the socialist state prematurely or the social democrats seeking to introduce revisionism into the state. 2/2

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

There was never a time given for how long the DotP would have to last, only that it would have to last as long as internal and external class threats existed, and unfortunately the socialist experiments that have existed either dissolved for one reason or another before reaching the withering away phase and full communism or currently exist and are still required to exist due to internal/external class threats. 1/2

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

You don't "speak out" for the withering away of the state. You're seem to be mistaking "withering away" with "abolition." The withering away of the state happens after class has been abolished. Class can only be abolished through a socialist state and its equalization of social conditions. Since the state is a tool of class oppression, once class no longer exists, the state will eventually wither away.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

Yes, the Soviet Union did have a class of Bolshevik functionaries (referred to as the "nomenklatura") who had access to privileges, resources, and benefits that were not available to the general population. The Soviet Union was in the process of trying to eliminate class, but, as briefly mentioned previously, did not achieve a classless society and unfortunately collapsed before it could.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

The proletariat gains political power through the party, which represents them through representatives who are democratically elected by the proletariat to speak on their behalf and can also be democratically removed by the proletariat. They aren't giving up their power.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

The state is the big, giant difference between the representative democracy with the DotP I described and an anarchist confederation. The DotP actually has a state to defend the revolution, organize society, and construct socialism, while an anarchist confederate lacks this necessity.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

No, there wouldn't be a need for a state if anarchists could do that, but I'm not all that interested in "what if" scenarios. If anarchists can do it, then do it. If they can't, then their inability to do so was predicted by Marx, Engels, and Lenin.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

I get that you're done for today, but just in case you want to respond tomorrow (or not), it isn't 1871 anymore. We no longer have to rely on "what if" scenarios to determine the success rates of state socialism and anarchism. Both have been tried, and state socialism has proven to be more successful in terms of longevity and sustainability, making it the more preferable option for a revolutionary model.

@theDuesentrieb @JoeChip @MikeDunnAuthor

Clearly, every aspect of the Soviet Union wasn't successful (such as its inability to abolish class), but the successful aspects of the Soviet Union should be replicated for future revolutionary experiments. The most obvious aspects that should be replicated are the DotP (a socialist state where the proletariat are the ruling class) and the Vanguard Party (the party made up of the most class conscious workers that leads the rest of the workers). 1/2

@theDuesentrieb

The vanguard party is meant to be made up of members of the proletariat, of people who are democratically elected from the proletariat by the proletariat to represent them and who meet the criteria of being a party member, such as having an firm understanding of Marxism and political organization, i.e., class consciousness. In other words, the most class conscious members of the proletariat will make up the vanguard party, but in a democratic way where the rest of the... 1/2

"Economics and Politics in the Era of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat" (1919) by Vladimir Lenin. Audiobook.
#socialism #communism #capitalism #anarchism

https://youtu.be/mbS-0I-t-QY

The capitalists understand that there's a class war, while much of the working class is oblivious to it. That's why the capitalists are currently winning it. Even though capitalists are the smaller and weaker class, they can keep winning if the workers don't even know there's a war going on. That's all the capitalists have going for them – the obliviousness of the workers. The moment the working class becomes class conscious and organized, the capitalists are done for. #capitalism #socialism

@AjayCyanide @davidho

#Communism can't be achieved yet, #Anarchism is impractical and unrealistic, and I don't think I need to convince anyone reading this that autocracy is a "no." #Socialism appears to be the best option for dealing with climate change. It prioritizes the interests of the working class (the majority of society) over the accumulation of profit. Such a system would be far more keen on dealing with #climatechange than #capitalism, which prioritizes profit over our well-being.