• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    13 days ago

    Just because authoritarians have run previous communist / socialist states doesn’t mean that capitalism isn’t a terrible system. Do you have healthcare? How about the people you know? I have a good life, but there are homeless people all around me. Is capitalism solving that?

    Read The End of Policing to find out how much money we waste locking people up.

    I’m not for communism, but I’m all about socialism.

    • butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Man I’m on the same page 100%, but that’s why I think it’s important to be somewhat clear in rejecting authoritarian, bureaucratic centralism. Authoritarian socialists have used and betrayed libertarian socialists again and again, I don’t see much utility in defending them.