#SocialismExplained - comprehensive and practical policies and demands

I realize that because of a history of #politicians using these terms to water down policy proposals or activists demands, when many on the #left hear people talking about "#practical" and "#comprehensive" solutions, what they hear is "things that don't threaten the #statusquo and don't actually solve the problem" but for ME, what I mean is:

Practical in that it is something a person or group of people can do with the proper resources, organization, and tools.

Comprehensive in that I can explain it, or at least summarize it, to someone hearing about it for the first time in under 15ish minutes.

This standard is simple yet so many #socialists fail it

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I don't think it's fair to countries like #Vietnam or #China when people bring up how their schools indoctrinate students in "marxism" or "ho chi minh thought".

Put differently, one could easily say "in american schools, they teach Washingtonian, Lincolnist, and Reaganist thought" and be correct about it.

But I've never seen anyone who criticizes #ActuallyExistingSocialism who also talks about American or western schools that way

#school #socialism #propaganda #liberals

#SocialismExplained: Marxist and Anarchist views on domination

So in my research and experience, I always accepted what is generally the #Marxist view, that it is #domination or authoritarian when black people prevent racists from enacting racism.

But I think the #anarchist view that this is not domination but #SelfDefense makes a good point and should be considered when talking about liberation movements and class struggle. They also, once again, seem to be talking past each other and not engaging with the respective arguments. When does it stop being self defense and start becoming authoritarian, for instance?

Understanding why these viewpoints exist won't reconcile them but should help build understanding within #socialist movements.

#SocialismExplained: You Are Not a Capitalist

If tomorrow, I were to stop advocating for #socialism and suddenly start espousing the ideals of the #freemarket, I would still not be a capitalist. Why?

My relationship to the means of production hasn't changed. Regardless of my political orientation, not owning any private property, I have to sell up to and sometimes more than 40 hours of every week to someone who needs labor power in order to run their business.