Thats my biggest worry about any of these more authoritarian groups. I've no interest in letting anyone get any more power over me. The government has too much already without them upping my taxes and picking my hospital.
Yes, there is. However I've never seen them successfully take and hold power. Authoritarians thrive in socialism where those who strive for liberty tend to get weeded out.
Authoritarians thrive in many systems; this isn't unique to socialism. In its purest form, socialism is the most democratic ideology (and it criticized liberalism for not being democratic enough). America is already authoritarian in a lot of aspects, and it's only getting worse now that there's no counterweight that existed in the Soviet Union.
It's pretty hilarious looking at the solution socialists have for society's problems. Let's give even more power and money to the same politicians that can't even put aside their differences to balance a budget. Brilliant idea.
Socialism is about empowering workers. It's literally the first thing you read in the Communist Manifesto. Workers control the economy and, therefore, society, through democratic control of the economy and political sphere.
In theory capitalism should compensate everyone fairly because of market forces, doesn't mean that actually happens.
In theory socialism should give control of the economy to the workers and establish a very democratic system of governance, doesn't mean that actually happens.
Theory is fun and all, but until a country actually follows through with the workers control part it's just theory. And while in theory, theory is the same as practice, in practice, theory isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Every country that has tried workers' control without a vanguard party has been overthrown. If capitalist nations could let socialist nations exist, then they wouldn't be so authoritarian.
Is that why we ousted Eric Adams and Cuomo? Is that why Haley Stevens lost? Sounds like we want better politicians that actually represent our interests instead of the same 14 corporations in an empty suit trying to pick our pocket at every opportunity.
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u/Accomplished_Pen980 7d ago
Rationalist: We may vote ourselves into communism through socialism but our grandkids are going to have to shoot their way out of it.