The older I get the more I realize that, with capitalists holding so much power all over the world, it’s extremely difficult for a socialist/communist state to exist without it being pushed to became an authoritarian state.
I can see how the absolute onslaught of pressure from those capitalist powers on all sides - propaganda, sanctions, trade wars, blockades, posturing, funding opposition parties, funding rebel groups, proxy wars, etc. - could turn any well-intentioned leaders to paranoia and state violence.
That’s not to say existing and/or historic communist/socialist states have/had pure, innocent leaders, or that I blindly give any of them a pass. It’s just an extremely difficult environment in which to demonstrate the potential of such governments.
the world gets crazier once you realize that they write down that absolute onslaught of pressure – saying that they’re doing it for exactly that reason – and then make it available in things like the freedom of information act, but people ignore it and believe the bullshit anyways.
it makes me identify with the climate scientists to believe that making the data freely available to everyone will automatically convince people that climate change is real, but it doesn’t. lol
The older I get the more I realize that, with capitalists holding so much power all over the world, it’s extremely difficult for a socialist/communist state to exist without it being pushed to became an authoritarian state.
I can see how the absolute onslaught of pressure from those capitalist powers on all sides - propaganda, sanctions, trade wars, blockades, posturing, funding opposition parties, funding rebel groups, proxy wars, etc. - could turn any well-intentioned leaders to paranoia and state violence.
That’s not to say existing and/or historic communist/socialist states have/had pure, innocent leaders, or that I blindly give any of them a pass. It’s just an extremely difficult environment in which to demonstrate the potential of such governments.
the world gets crazier once you realize that they write down that absolute onslaught of pressure – saying that they’re doing it for exactly that reason – and then make it available in things like the freedom of information act, but people ignore it and believe the bullshit anyways.
it makes me identify with the climate scientists to believe that making the data freely available to everyone will automatically convince people that climate change is real, but it doesn’t. lol
The Michael Parenti version of what you are saying: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThpIDlfcBQ
A good discussion on the subject https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhHf4eHFfc8