• Gsus4@mander.xyz
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    10 months ago

    Yes, but that is no reason to disparage socialism itself. In authoritarian socialism, it is the authoritarian part that sucks.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      Democratic socialism isn’t socialism though, it’s capitalism with lots of government services.

      The authoritarian part is pretty much baked in to “real” socialism since you need something to control the means of production until society is ready, and that hasn’t yet happened. Yes, there are other theorized structures, but they’re unproven.

      Tankies (i.e. many of those on .ml) are into the authoritarian part, whereas people here are more into democratic socialism, which is another thing entirely.